35 Bible Verses about Sports

so is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not in sport?

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was playing with Rebekah his wife.

And also if any man competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.

so that he might present it to himself, the glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and unblemished.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.

Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, who beheld while Samson made sport.

And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport to us. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pilla

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

Against whom do ye sport yourselves, against whom ye make a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

There go the ships. There is leviathan, whom thou have formed to play in it.

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

Knowing this first, that there will come at the end of the days, scoffers, proceeding according to their own desires,

He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

O my soul, come not thou into their council, to their assembly, my glory, be not thou united, for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they hocked an ox.

Thou shall not take up a FALSE report. Do not put thy hand with the wicked man to be an unrighteous witness.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then ye also may do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God,

Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.

But having turned around, he rebuked them, and said, Ye do not know what kind of spirit ye are.

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 into the garden of nuts, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, [and] the pomegranates were in flower.

And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God. And as long as he sought LORD, God made him to prosper.

He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.

And he made engines in Jerusalem, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad. For he was marvelously helped, till he was strong

God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?