What Does the Bible Say About Exercise And Physical Health?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 6 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.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 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.

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 5 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.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 4 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.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Isaiah 40:29-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Psalm 139:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

11 Bible Verses about Exercise And Physical Health

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

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:29-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 139:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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11 Bible Verses about Exercise And Physical Health

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

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:29-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 139:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes