25 Bible Verses About Running (NIV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Running (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Running
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1 Corinthians 9:24
24 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.
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Hebrews 12:1-2
1 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. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
43
Romans 5:3-4
3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
41
Isaiah 40:31
31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
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Hebrews 12:1
1 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.
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2 Timothy 4:7
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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1 Corinthians 9:26
26 Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.
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Galatians 5:7
7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?
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1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24 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. 25 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. 26 Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27 No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
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Psalm 18:29
29 With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
12
James 1:12
12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
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Philippians 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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Habakkuk 2:2
2 Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.
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Jeremiah 12:5
5 "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?
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Psalm 19:5
5 which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
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Joel 2:7
7 They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. They all march in line, not swerving from their course.
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2 Samuel 18:23
23 He said, "Come what may, I want to run." So Joab said, "Run!" Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
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Philippians 3:14
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 2:2
2 I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.
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Amos 8:12
12 Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
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