35 Bible Verses about Sports
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It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.
Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.
that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And about 3,000 men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was amusing them.
It so happened when they were in high spirits, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may amuse us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them. And they made him stand between the pillars.
“Against whom do you jest?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of rebellion,
Offspring of deceit,
There the ships move along,
And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.
Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts,
He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker;
He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
“Let my soul not enter into their council;
Let not my glory be united with their assembly;
Because in their anger they slew men,
And in their self-will they lamed oxen.
“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can do good
Who are accustomed to doing evil.
“But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;
Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.”
But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, “You do not know what kind of spirit you are of;
And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
“I went down to the orchard of nut trees
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether the vine had budded
Or the pomegranates had bloomed.
He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding through the vision of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him.
Moreover, Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones.
In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.
Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the corner buttress and fortified them.
He did right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
