14 Bible Verses about football
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And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
But he turned, and rebuked them.
And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.
Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;
Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.