Bible Verses about “wrestling”
The Bible contains 26 verses about wrestling 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.”
“¶ Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].”
“Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
“For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
“And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;”
“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;”
“¶ Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”
“¶ [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:”
“And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.”
“¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.”
“And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.”
“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.”
“And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.”
“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
“And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.”
“And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.”
“And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.”
“Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.”
“And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.”
“And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.”
“Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.”
“Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;”
“He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:”
“And [there is] none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.”