35 Bible Verses about Sports
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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 sporting with Rebekah his wife.
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
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, that 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 us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities 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 secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the 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 throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
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 sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?