Bible Verses About Wrestling
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for wrestling, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 651 votes, led by Ephesians 6:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Wrestling
Ephesians 6:1297 votes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Genesis 32:2485 votes
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
Ephesians 6:12-1552 votes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Genesis 30:846 votes
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Isaiah 41:1040 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.
Genesis 32:2538 votes
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Psalms 144:137 votes
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Philippians 4:13-1437 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Genesis 32:22-3235 votes
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Proverbs 27:1725 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
1 John 2:15-1623 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Isaiah 64:720 votes
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Hosea 12:3-415 votes
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
1 Samuel 17:34-3512 votes
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
Psalms 11:1-712 votes
In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
Proverbs 11:16-1812 votes
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Romans 7:1912 votes
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
James 1:2212 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Ephesians 4:2911 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Genesis 32:9-1210 votes
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
John 3:16-1810 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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:
What does the Bible say about wrestling?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:12 on the subject of wrestling. Across 651 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 32:24, Ephesians 6:12-15, Genesis 30:8. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.