37 Bible Verses about training

For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.

When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he mobilized his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders as far as Dan.

They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

By David. The Lord, my protector, deserves praise -- the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war,

All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Then he said to them, "Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old."

Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?"

So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

From Zebulun there were 50,000 warriors who were prepared for battle, equipped with all kinds of weapons, and ready to give their undivided loyalty.

These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel -- he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding.

I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him."

Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yokeon her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself!

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

And you will say, "How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!