Bible Verses About Boxing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for boxing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 226 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 9:26. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Boxing
1 Corinthians 9:2645 votes
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Matthew 5:3917 votes
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Proverbs 13:1114 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Matthew 5:914 votes
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Exodus 21:18-1912 votes
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
Titus 2:1112 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Revelation 14:1212 votes
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Psalms 11:1-710 votes
In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
Proverbs 11:1610 votes
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Romans 1:2410 votes
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
1 Corinthians 9:24-2710 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 16:1310 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
2 Corinthians 4:410 votes
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Corinthians 12:210 votes
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Ephesians 6:11-1310 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
2 Timothy 4:7-1010 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2 Peter 3:910 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
What does the Bible say about boxing?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 9:26 on the subject of boxing. Across 226 votes, 17 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 5:39, Proverbs 13:11, Matthew 5:9. This page lists all 17 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.