17 Bible Verses about games
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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 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. I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
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.
Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison. And Rebekah loved Jacob.
Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men is to the diligent.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar,
From Thematic Bible
Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Games » Foot races
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 I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.
holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Games » Figurative » Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict
If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.
Games » Gladiatorial
If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.
holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
Topics on Games
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
