90 Bible Verses about Running (KJV)

Here are 90 Bible verses about running, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

1 Corinthians 9:24 KJV

²⁴Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

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Hebrews 12:1-2 KJV

¹Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, ²Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Romans 5:3-4 KJV

³And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; ⁴And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

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Isaiah 40:31 KJV

³¹But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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Matthew 24:13 KJV

¹³But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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Hebrews 12:1 KJV

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2 Timothy 4:7 KJV

⁷I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

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1 Corinthians 9:24-27 KJV

²⁴Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. ²⁵And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. ²⁶I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: ²⁷But I keep under my …

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1 Corinthians 9:26 KJV

²⁶I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

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Galatians 5:7 KJV

⁷Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

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Psalm 119:32 KJV

³²I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

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Psalm 18:29 KJV

²⁹For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

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Philippians 3:12-14 KJV

¹²Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. ¹³Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, ¹⁴I press toward the mark for the prize of the high …

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James 1:12 KJV

¹²Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

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Habakkuk 2:2 KJV

²And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

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Proverbs 1:16 KJV

¹⁶For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

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Psalm 19:5 KJV

⁵Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

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Jeremiah 12:5 KJV

⁵If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

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Joel 2:7 KJV

⁷They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

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Joel 2:4 KJV

⁴The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

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2 Samuel 18:23 KJV

²³But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

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Philippians 3:14 KJV

¹⁴I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Galatians 2:2 KJV

²And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

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Hebrews 12:1-3 KJV

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Amos 8:12 KJV

¹²And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

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1 Timothy 6:12 KJV

¹²Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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Jeremiah 12:1-17 KJV

¹Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? ²Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. ³But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen …

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Jeremiah 5:1 KJV

¹Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

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Isaiah 41:10 KJV

¹⁰Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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Hebrews 12:2 KJV

²Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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1 Timothy 4:12 KJV

¹²Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

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Philippians 2:16 KJV

¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

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Luke 24:12 KJV

¹²Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

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Mark 9:23 KJV

²³Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

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Matthew 10:22 KJV

²²And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

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Psalm 60:12 KJV

¹²Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

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Hebrews 11:1-40 KJV

¹Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ²For by it the elders obtained a good report. ³Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. ⁴By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he …

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2 Timothy 4:6-8 KJV

⁶For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. ⁷I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: ⁸Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

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1 Timothy 4:8 KJV

⁸For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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2 Corinthians 6:14-18 KJV

¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? ¹⁵And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? ¹⁶And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, …

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Acts 20:24 KJV

²⁴But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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Luke 6:38 KJV

³⁸Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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Mark 9:25 KJV

²⁵When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

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Matthew 17:20 KJV

²⁰And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

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Joel 2:9 KJV

⁹They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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Song of Solomon 1:4 KJV

⁴Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

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Psalm 138:8 KJV

⁸The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

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Psalm 91:11 KJV

¹¹For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

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Psalm 37:23-24 KJV

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. ²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

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2 Chronicles 15:7 KJV

⁷Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

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Joshua 1:9 KJV

⁹Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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Genesis 18:1-33 KJV

¹And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; ²And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, ³And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: …

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Genesis 1:6 KJV

⁶And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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Revelation 3:11 KJV

¹¹Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

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Hebrews 10:36 KJV

³⁶For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

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1 Timothy 4:7-8 KJV

⁷But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. ⁸For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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Philippians 3:13-14 KJV

¹³Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, ¹⁴I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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Philippians 3:13 KJV

¹³Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

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Philippians 3:12 KJV

¹²Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

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Galatians 5:1 KJV

¹Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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1 Corinthians 9:1-27 KJV

¹Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? ²If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. ³Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, ⁴Have we not power to eat and to drink? ⁵Have we not …

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Romans 5:3 KJV

³And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

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Luke 19:26 KJV

²⁶For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

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Matthew 28:20 KJV

²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Isaiah 59:7 KJV

⁷Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

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Isaiah 40:28-31 KJV

²⁸Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. ²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. ³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: …

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Proverbs 16:3 KJV

³Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

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Proverbs 4:25 KJV

²⁵Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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Psalm 37:5 KJV

⁵Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

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1 Kings 1:5 KJV

⁵Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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Revelation 3:5 KJV

⁵He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

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Hebrews 12:11-13 KJV

¹¹Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. ¹²Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; ¹³And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

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Hebrews 12:3 KJV

³For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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2 Timothy 2:5 KJV

⁵And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

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2 Timothy 2:4 KJV

⁴No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

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2 Thessalonians 3:3 KJV

³But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

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Colossians 3:23-24 KJV

²³And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; ²⁴Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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Colossians 2:18 KJV

¹⁸Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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Philippians 3:10 KJV

¹⁰That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

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Ephesians 6:13 KJV

¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

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Ephesians 6:12 KJV

¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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2 Corinthians 4:17 KJV

¹⁷For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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2 Corinthians 3:5 KJV

⁵Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV

¹⁹What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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