What Does the Bible Say About Exercise?

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 38 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.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 31 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,

Proverbs 24:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes

A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

2 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

James 1:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Hebrews 12:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

11 Bible Verses about Exercise