What Does the Bible Say About Friendly Competition?

Exodus 28:1-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. ...

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Mark 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Matthew 9:36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

2 Samuel 6:14-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.

Numbers 1:1-54 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; ...

7 Bible Verses about Friendly Competition

Exodus 28:1-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Mark 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 9:36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Samuel 6:14-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Numbers 1:1-54 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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7 Bible Verses about Friendly Competition

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Exodus 28:1-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Mark 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 9:36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Samuel 6:14-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Numbers 1:1-54 ESV / 1 helpful vote