The King James Version Bible

Bible Verses About Sportsmanship

  • Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
  • Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
  • 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.
  • It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
  • Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
  • Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
  • Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good ...
  • But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 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.
  • And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
  • Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
  • And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
  • Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
  • I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
  • If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.