Some runners find inspiration through passages in the Holy Bible. Here are some biblical passages that mention running or can be applied to running.
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. | Ecclesiastes 9:11
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. | 1 John 4:8
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. | 2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. | 2 Timothy 3:16-17
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. | 1 Timothy 5:8
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. | John 14:26
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. | 1 Corinthians 9:24
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. | 1 Corinthians 9:25
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | Romans 6:23
For God shows no partiality. | Romans 2:11
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. | John 5:46
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. | John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. | 1 John 1:9
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. | 2 Timothy 4:7-8
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. | John 6:63
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory. | Proverbs 25:27
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. | Genesis 1:1
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. | Acts 17:11
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. | Matthew 7:21
Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. | John 21:25
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. | John 20:30-31
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. | Hebrews 12:1
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. | Ezekiel 18:20
Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me. | Psalm 40:7
The verses listed above are not only motivational but give us a sense about competition, training, winning, losing, and being prepared.