Bible Verses About Running

Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 02/19/2021
Bible Verses About Running

Bible Verses about Running

In biblical times, people would mainly run into battle and from threats of danger. Today, we mostly run for competitive races and maintaining our health. Despite this difference, we can still find inspiration from scripture when seeking motivation to run - whether literally or figuratively the race of life. Let this collection of Bible Verses about running remind you of the importance of endurance and perseverance. God is with you and provides strength for the race ahead!

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Hebrews 12:1

Hebrews 12:1 - Run with Endurance
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
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2 Timothy 4:7

Kept the Faith
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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Galatians 5:7

7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?
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Habakkuk 2:2

2 Then the LORD replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.
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Isaiah 40:31

Hope In The Lord - Isaiah 40:31
31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
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James 1:12

James 1:12
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
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Jeremiah 5:1

1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.
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Jeremiah 12:5

5 “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?
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Joel 2:7

7 They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. They all march in line, not swerving from their course.
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Matthew 24:13

13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
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Psalms 18:29

29 With your help I can advance against a troop ; with my God I can scale a wall.
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Psalms 119:32

32 I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
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Romans 5:3-4

Romans 5:3-4
3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
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1 Corinthians 9:24-27

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.
27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
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2 Samuel 18:23

23 He said, “Come what may, I want to run.” So Joab said, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
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