Here are 7 Bible verses about play, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Zechariah 8:5 KJV
5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
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Psalm 150:1-6 KJV
1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. …
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1 Corinthians 10:7 KJV
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
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Exodus 32:6 KJV
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
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Isaiah 11:8 KJV
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
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Acts 1:1 KJV
1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
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Zechariah 8:15 KJV
15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
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