Bible Verses About Basketball
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for basketball, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 876 votes, led by 2 Timothy 2:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Basketball
2 Timothy 2:5197 votes
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Proverbs 16:3150 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Isaiah 40:3161 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
1 Corinthians 12:2660 votes
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Philippians 4:1348 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Zechariah 8:531 votes
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Proverbs 25:2728 votes
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Luke 1:3727 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
John 5:4427 votes
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
2 Timothy 1:720 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
1 Timothy 4:8-1218 votes
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.
1 John 5:2118 votes
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Joshua 1:916 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-1614 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ezekiel 34:1-3114 votes
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
1 Corinthians 9:24-2714 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1 Corinthians 10:3114 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Philippians 2:314 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Ephesians 6:613 votes
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
Mark 12:3612 votes
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 Samuel 21:2010 votes
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
Psalms 23:110 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Proverbs 1:410 votes
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Luke 3:4-610 votes
As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Philippians 4:1-2310 votes
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
What does the Bible say about basketball?
Readers most often cite 2 Timothy 2:5 on the subject of basketball. Across 876 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 16:3, Isaiah 40:31, 1 Corinthians 12:26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.