30 Bible Verses About Competing

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.”

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,”

“Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules.”

“Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry their own load.”

“Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.”

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

“Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.”

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”

“I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.”

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”

“Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.”

“So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.”

“The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.”

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

“If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!”

“Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.”

“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”

“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”

“Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.”

“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel”

“Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.”

“What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”

“Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.”

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”