Bible Verses About Sportsmanship
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sportsmanship, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,831 votes, led by Proverbs 24:17-18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sportsmanship
Proverbs 24:17-18289 votes
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Philippians 2:3234 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
2 Timothy 2:5140 votes
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Proverbs 25:2798 votes
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Romans 15:286 votes
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Proverbs 27:274 votes
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Philippians 4:1374 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Colossians 3:2374 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Philippians 2:1469 votes
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
1 Corinthians 10:3158 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Timothy 4:7-858 votes
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
1 Corinthians 9:24-2751 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Galatians 5:22-2336 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Romans 12:8-1032 votes
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.
Romans 12:1832 votes
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Proverbs 25:1628 votes
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Matthew 19:2628 votes
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Colossians 3:23-2428 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
2 Timothy 4:728 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2 Corinthians 1:1224 votes
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Philippians 3:13-1418 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,
Colossians 1:1-2918 votes
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2 Thessalonians 1:1-1218 votes
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 2:1-2518 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Ecclesiastes 7:116 votes
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
What does the Bible say about sportsmanship?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 24:17-18 on the subject of sportsmanship. Across 1,831 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 2:3, 2 Timothy 2:5, Proverbs 25:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.