35 Bible Verses about Sports
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After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.
so that he may present the church to himself as glorious -- not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.
Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
Now the temple was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.
When they really started celebrating, they said, "Call for Samson so he can entertain us!" So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.
At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,
The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.
But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian -- the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham -- mocking.
Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges
The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.
Abraham said about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.
"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?
Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.
By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God,
Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.
So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."
But Jesus turned and rebuked them,
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah's place.
The Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom.
He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the Lord, God caused him to succeed.
Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army.
In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful.
God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.
God helped him in his campaigns against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.
Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.
He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.
At about three o'clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
