References to sport in Bible

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What Bible verses refer to sport in the Bible
Im sure there are some, but can find very fee

Paul says that 'physical training is of some value', but only to compare it with 'spiritual training', which is what he goes on to talk about.
 
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1 Corinthians 9:24-27 King James Version
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

This is referring to running and boxing I think also wrestling is mentioned quite a bit in the Bible.
 
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Paul says that 'physical training is of some value', but only to compare it with 'spiritual training', which is what he goes on to talk about.
1 Timothy 4:8 King James Version

8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
 
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Surfing is in the Bible!!
but the stern was being broken up by the violence of the waves.
Act 27:42 And the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape.
Act 27:43 But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,
Act 27:44 and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was that they all escaped safely to land.

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In the BIG INNING [baseball] God created the heaven and the earth

Joseph served [tennis] in Pharaoh’s courts

The sound of David’s Triumph [motorcycle racing] was heard through the land
 
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Paul talks about finishing 'the race.'
There's a proverb that says its 'As sport to a fool to do mischief.
There is a verse that said Isaac “sported” with Rebecca.

Genesis 26:8 kjv
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife
 
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Paul talks about finishing 'the race.'
There's a proverb that says its 'As sport to a fool to do mischief.

"Finish the race" is an idiom that means, "Never give up." Paul's words must be taken in context.
 
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I used to sing "We Will Dance On The Streets That Are Golden" at church. Another song includes this line: "I will dance a thousand miles." I would be surprised if the Bible does not have any verses about dancing, especially in Psalms, to praise God.
 
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I used to sing "We Will Dance On The Streets That Are Golden" at church. Another song includes this line: "I will dance a thousand miles." I would be surprised if the Bible does not have any verses about dancing, especially in Psalms, to praise God.
From Song of Solomon:

 
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