Bible Verses about “sportsmanship”
The Bible contains 19 verses about sportsmanship across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
“And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
“[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”
“¶ Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”
“But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”
“I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:”
“But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.”
“¶ Do all things without murmurings and disputings:”
“Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.”
“And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.”
“¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:”
“¶ [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.”
“Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.”
“¶ Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.”