34 Bible Verses about Competition

And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.

But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

And Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women, and to his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins: so he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Take one ox for yourselves and get it ready first, for there are more of you; and make your prayers to your god, but put no fire under.

But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.

For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;

A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

But, for all this, you have given me up and have been servants to other gods: so I will be your saviour no longer.

And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Were not the Egyptians and the Amorites and the children of Ammon and the Philistines

And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

And God said all these words:

And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.