9 Bible Verses about Sports

Again, a competitor in the games is not crowned unless he observes the rules.

in order to have the church as his very own, standing before him in all her glory, with never a spot or wrinkle or any such flaw, but consecrated and unblemished.

Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading.

To begin with, you know that mockers will come with their mockeries in the last days, men who go by their own passions,

You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God,

let us live decorously as in the open light of day ??no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy.

And you must not be idolaters, like some of them; as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to make sport.

But he turned and checked them.

and about three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani" (that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)