45 Bible Verses about Race

Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith;

I therefore so run, not as unto an uncertain thing; so I fight, not as one that beats the air;

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible one.

But ye are the chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, that ye should show forth the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, in which thou didst trust, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.

and has made of one blood all the lineage of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined the seasons (which he has limited) and the bounds of their habitation;

Not as though I had already attained it, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if I may lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by the Christ, Jesus.

And also if anyone contends in public contest, he is not crowned, except he contends legitimately.

but I keep my body under, and bring it into subjection, lest preaching to others, I myself should become reprobate.

holding fast the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Ye did run well; who hindered you that ye should not trust in the truth?

But I went up by revelation and communicated unto them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who seemed to be of repute, to not run, or have run, in vain.

when the most High caused the Gentiles to be inherited, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of prudence, nor yet grace to men of eloquence; but time and chance happens to them all.

But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear unto myself, only that I might finish my course with joy and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

After this I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with long white robes and palms in their hands

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, unto which thou art also called, having made a good profession before many witnesses.

And a stranger shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

For I could wish that myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren, those who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,

God looked down from heaven upon the sons of Adam to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

Therefore, in the manner which sin entered into the world by one man, and because of sin, death; and so death passed upon all men in the one in whom all sinned.

Here there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

Men and brethren, sons of the lineage of Abraham, and whosoever among you fears God, unto you is this word of saving health sent.

for patience is necessary, so that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead,

So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that has mercy.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and have persecuted us, and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,

I am content in the circumference of his earth, and my contentment is with the sons of men.

And unto man he said, Behold, that the fear of the Lord, is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

And in the second Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's lineage was made known unto Pharaoh.

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their molars as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the destitute from among men.

Look to yourselves, that we not lose those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a fulfilled reward.

whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh is the Christ, who is God over all things, blessed for all the ages. Amen.

And the hand of the LORD was upon Elijah, who girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men that they may be occupied in it.

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the judgment of hell?

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.