What Does the Bible Say About Fitness?

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 27 helpful votes

For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Hebrews 12:12 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

3 John 1:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Proverbs 20:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

Genesis 1:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

14 Bible Verses about Fitness

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:12 ESV / 26 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 26 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 1:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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14 Bible Verses about Fitness

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1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:12 ESV / 26 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 26 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 1:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes