Bible Verses About Running the Race
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for running the race, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 11,026 votes, led by Hebrews 12:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Running the Race
Hebrews 12:1740 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
1 Corinthians 9:24-27701 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 9:24480 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Isaiah 40:31450 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.
2 Timothy 4:7412 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Philippians 3:13-14317 votes
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Philippians 4:13268 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Hebrews 12:1-2243 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Galatians 5:7237 votes
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Hebrews 12:1-29232 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Philippians 3:14230 votes
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Acts 20:24209 votes
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Hebrews 11:1-40208 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Matthew 24:13199 votes
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
1 Corinthians 9:26199 votes
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Hebrews 12:2187 votes
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
2 Timothy 4:7-9177 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Hebrews 12:1-3145 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Psalms 119:32138 votes
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
1 Timothy 6:12133 votes
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Isaiah 41:10129 votes
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.
Philippians 3:13127 votes
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
James 1:12127 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Psalms 60:12126 votes
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
2 Timothy 4:7-8126 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
What does the Bible say about running the race?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 12:1 on the subject of running the race. Across 11,026 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 1 Corinthians 9:24, Isaiah 40:31. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.