What Does the Bible Say About Your Body Exercise?

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 18 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 6:19-20 ESV / 11 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.

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

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 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 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,

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

2 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Proverbs 24:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

1 Corinthians 9:24 ESV / 3 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.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 3 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.

Isaiah 40:28-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 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 / 3 helpful votes

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

2 Peter 1:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

Hebrews 12:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

1 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;

1 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; 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 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Acts 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 12:22-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Psalm 131:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. Of David. O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

33 Bible Verses about Your Body Exercise

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 18 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 11 helpful votes

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:28-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:22-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 131:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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33 Bible Verses about Your Body Exercise

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1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 18 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 11 helpful votes

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:28-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:22-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 131:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes