Bible Verses About Running
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for running, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 911 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 9:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Running
1 Corinthians 9:24142 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Hebrews 12:1-2106 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,
Romans 5:3-492 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Isaiah 40:3190 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.
Matthew 24:1345 votes
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
2 Timothy 4:743 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Hebrews 12:143 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 9:24-2742 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 9:2641 votes
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Galatians 5:738 votes
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Psalms 119:3233 votes
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Psalms 18:2928 votes
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Philippians 3:12-1424 votes
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Habakkuk 2:223 votes
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
James 1:1223 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.
Proverbs 1:1618 votes
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Psalms 19:515 votes
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Jeremiah 12:512 votes
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
2 Samuel 18:2311 votes
But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
Joel 2:411 votes
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Joel 2:711 votes
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
Philippians 3:1410 votes
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:1310 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
What does the Bible say about running?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 9:24 on the subject of running. Across 911 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 12:1-2, Romans 5:3-4, Isaiah 40:31. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.