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However, the Scriptures do provide principles and examples that can be applied to the understanding of sports and physical exercise. Biblical References and Principles 1. Physical Exercise and Bodily Discipline: The Apostle Paul makes a notable reference to physical training in his letters. In <a href="/1_timothy/4-8.htm">1 Timothy 4:8</a>, he states, "For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come." Here, Paul acknowledges the value of physical exercise, though he emphasizes the greater importance of spiritual discipline. 2. Athletic Metaphors: Paul frequently uses athletic metaphors to illustrate spiritual truths. In <a href="/1_corinthians/9-24.htm">1 Corinthians 9:24-27</a>, he writes, "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize. Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air. No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." This passage highlights the importance of discipline, focus, and perseverance, qualities that are essential in both sports and the Christian life. 3. Competition and Fairness: The Bible encourages fair play and integrity, principles that are foundational to sportsmanship. <a href="/proverbs/11.htm">Proverbs 11:1</a> states, "Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight." This can be applied to the context of sports, where honesty and fairness are crucial. 4. Teamwork and Unity: While not directly related to sports, the Bible emphasizes the importance of working together in unity. <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:9-10</a> says, "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls, the other will lift up his companion." This principle is applicable to team sports, where cooperation and mutual support are vital. 5. Rest and Recreation: The concept of rest is biblically endorsed, as seen in the Sabbath commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>). Recreation, including sports, can be a form of rest and rejuvenation, provided it is kept in balance with spiritual and other life priorities. Historical Context In the ancient world, sports were a significant part of Greek and Roman culture, with events like the Olympic Games and gladiatorial contests. While the Bible does not explicitly mention these events, early Christians lived in societies where such activities were prevalent. The early church often viewed these spectacles with caution, particularly when they involved idolatry or immorality. Christian Perspective on Sports From a Christian perspective, sports can be seen as a gift from God that promotes health, fellowship, and character development. However, it is essential to maintain a balance, ensuring that sports do not become an idol or detract from one's spiritual commitments. Christians are encouraged to engage in sports with integrity, humility, and a spirit of thankfulness, using their talents to glorify God (<a href="/colossians/3-17.htm">Colossians 3:17</a>). In summary, while the Bible does not directly address sports, it provides principles that guide Christians in their participation, emphasizing discipline, fairness, teamwork, and the proper place of physical activity in a life devoted to God.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.2. (n.) Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.3. (n.) That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.4. (n.) Play; idle jingle.5. (n.) Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.6. (n.) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. See Sporting plant, under Sporting.7. (n.) A sportsman; a gambler.8. (v. i.) To play; to frolic; to wanton.9. (v. i.) To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.10. (v. i.) To trifle.11. (v. i.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6.12. (v. t.) To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun.13. (v. t.) To represent by any kind of play.14. (v. t.) To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage.15. (v. t.) To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3815.htm">3815. paizo -- to play as a child</a> ... to play as a child. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paizo Phonetic Spelling: (paheed'-zo) Short Definition: I play, sport Definition: I play, sport ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3815.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1702.htm">1702. empaizo -- to mock at</a> ... Definition: I mock, ridicule. 1702 (from 1722 , "" and 3815 , "play") -- properly, to sport someone, mock (scoff). Word Origin from en ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1702.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7814.htm">7814. sechoq -- laughter, derision, sport</a> ... 7813, 7814. sechoq or sechoq. 7815 . laughter, derision, sport. Transliteration: sechoq or sechoq Phonetic Spelling: (sekh-oke') Short Definition: laughter ... /hebrew/7814.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8173b.htm">8173b. shaa -- to sport, take delight in, delight</a> ... 8173a, 8173b. shaa. 8174 . to sport, take delight in, delight. Transliteration: shaa Short Definition: delight. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/8173b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6711.htm">6711. tsachaq -- to laugh</a> ... root Definition to laugh NASB Word Usage caressing (1), entertained* (1), jesting (1), laugh (4), laughed (2), make sport (2), mocking (1), play (1). ... /hebrew/6711.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7832.htm">7832. sachaq -- to laugh</a> ... to scorn (1), laughs (6), merrymakers (2), mock (1), mocked (1), play (2), played (1), playing (1), rejoicing (2), scorns (1), smiled (1), smiles (1), sport (1 ... /hebrew/7832.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6026.htm">6026. anog -- to be soft, delicate, dainty</a> ... delicateness, have delight self, sport self. A primitive root; to be soft or pliable, ie (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious -- delicate ... /hebrew/6026.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5953a.htm">5953a. alal -- to act severely</a> ... root Definition to act severely NASB Word Usage abuse (2), abused (1), bring pain (1), deal (1), dealt (2), made a mockery (2), make sport (1), practice deeds ... /hebrew/5953a.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/unknown/the_gospel_of_pseudo-matthew/chapter_17_and_when_herod.htm">And when Herod Saw that He had Been Made Sport of by the Magi...</a> ... Chapter 17. And when Herod saw that he had been made sport of by the magi? And when Herod [1657] saw that he had been made sport ... /.../unknown/the gospel of pseudo-matthew/chapter 17 and when herod.htm<a href="/library/winkworth/christian_singers_of_germany/a_love-song_of_the_bride.htm">A Love-Song of the Bride of Christ, in Early Summertide.</a> ... And wave and wood-nymphs all,. Now laugh and sport, a merry crowd,. ... On whispering wings who glide,. Sport with the nymphs in ambient air. ... /.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/a love-song of the bride.htm<a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_15_how_we_are_to.htm">How we are to Understand the Words, "The Devil Sinneth from the ...</a> ... is a passage, too, in the Book of Job, of which the devil is the subject: "This is the beginning of the creation of God, which He made to be a sport to His ... //christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 15 how we are to.htm<a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/13_i_am_told_further.htm">I am Told, Further, that You Touch with Some Critical Sharpness ...</a> ... some critical sharpness upon some points of my letter, and, with the well-known wrinkles rising on your forehead and your eyebrows knitted, make sport of me ... /.../13 i am told further.htm<a href="/library/various/the_christian_foundation_or_scientific_and_religious_journal_v_1/a_funeral_oration.htm">A Funeral Oration.</a> ... Like that leaf, which was the hope of spring, the pride and glory of summer, we are rudely torn away, the sport of destiny, to return to the elements of nature ... /.../a funeral oration.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/strength_profaned_and_lost.htm">Strength Profaned and Lost</a> ... And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/strength profaned and lost.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/samson_conquered.htm">Samson Conquered</a> ... let us make sport of him!" What a spectacle! The hot sun is beating upon his bare head, which had once been protected by those luxuriant locks. ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/samson conquered.htm<a href="/library/clement/the_instructor_paedagogus/chapter_v_all_who_walk_according.htm">All who Walk According to Truth are Children of God.</a> ... [1078] The king, whose name was Abimelech, appears to me to represent a supramundane wisdom contemplating the mystery of sport. ... And this is the divine sport. ... /.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter v all who walk according.htm<a href="/library/alexander/the_boy_and_the_sunday_school/x_through-the-week_activities_for_boys.htm">Through-The-Week Activities for Boys' Organized Classes</a> ... Kite Making and Flying Gliding and Aeroplaning Circus Stunts Sport Carnival Corn, Apple, Clam Roasts, etc. ... Assist in sport carnival, circus, exhibits, etc. ... /.../the boy and the sunday school/x through-the-week activities for boys.htm<a href="/library/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/7_sundry_sharp_reproofs.htm">Sundry Sharp Reproofs</a> ... to laughter. Samson was brought forth to make the Philistines sport (Judges 16:25). The jovial sinner makes the devil sport. It ... /.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/7 sundry sharp reproofs.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sport.htm">Sport (99 Occurrences)</a> ... See Sport, n., 6. 12. ... 13. (vt) To represent by any kind of play. 14. (vt) To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage. 15. ... /s/sport.htm - 35k<a href="/topical/l/laughing.htm">Laughing (38 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Chronicles 36:16 But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against ... /l/laughing.htm - 17k<a href="/topical/l/laughed.htm">Laughed (27 Occurrences)</a> ... (BBE). Psalms 79:4 We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us. (BBE). ... /l/laughed.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/u/uncontrolled.htm">Uncontrolled (58 Occurrences)</a> ... (BBE). 2 Peter 2:10 But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. ... Isaiah 57:4 Of whom do you make sport? ... /u/uncontrolled.htm - 23k<a href="/topical/j/joke.htm">Joke (1 Occurrence)</a> ... crack good-natured jokes. 2. (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport. 3. (vt) To make ... /j/joke.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/j/jest.htm">Jest (1 Occurrence)</a> ... 4. (n.) The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock. ... Multi-Version Concordance Jest (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 57:4 Of whom do you make sport? ... /j/jest.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/g/game.htm">Game (11 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. 2. (vi) Sport of any kind; jest, frolic. ... 12. (n.) To play at any sport or diversion. 13. ... /g/game.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/f/fool.htm">Fool (95 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (n.) One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous ... /f/fool.htm - 47k<a href="/topical/f/finished.htm">Finished (157 Occurrences)</a> ... (WEY). Matthew 27:31 At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion. ... /f/finished.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/r/ridicule.htm">Ridicule (14 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter. ... Psalms 123:4 For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul. (See NIV). ... /r/ridicule.htm - 10k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/meaning-of-life.html">What is the meaning of life? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/zeal-for-your-house-will-consume-me.html">What does it mean that “zeal for your house will consume me” in John 2:17? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/watch-porn-with-spouse.html">Is it a sin to watch pornography with my spouse? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/sport.htm">Sport: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Sport (99 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a> and hand Him over to the Gentiles to be made sport of and scourged and crucified; and on the third day He will be raised to life." (WEY BBE)<a href="/matthew/27-27.htm">Matthew 27:27</a> Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him. (WEY)<a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Matthew 27:29</a> And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/27-31.htm">Matthew 27:31</a> At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion. (WEY BBE)<a href="/matthew/27-41.htm">Matthew 27:41</a> In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said, (BBE)<a href="/mark/10-34.htm">Mark 10:34</a> they will insult Him in cruel sport, spit on Him, scourge Him, and put Him to death; but on the third day He will rise to life again." (WEY BBE)<a href="/mark/15-20.htm">Mark 15:20</a> At last, having finished their sport, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him. (WEY BBE)<a href="/mark/15-29.htm">Mark 15:29</a> And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days, (BBE)<a href="/luke/16-14.htm">Luke 16:14</a> And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him. (BBE)<a href="/luke/18-32.htm">Luke 18:32</a> For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame: (BBE)<a href="/luke/22-63.htm">Luke 22:63</a> Meanwhile the men who held Jesus in custody repeatedly beat Him in cruel sport, (WEY BBE)<a href="/luke/23-11.htm">Luke 23:11</a> And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate. (BBE)<a href="/luke/23-35.htm">Luke 23:35</a> And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection. (BBE)<a href="/luke/23-36.htm">Luke 23:36</a> And the soldiers also made sport of Him, coming and offering Him sour wine and saying, (WEY BBE)<a href="/acts/2-13.htm">Acts 2:13</a> But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine. (BBE)<a href="/acts/17-32.htm">Acts 17:32</a> Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time. (BBE)<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a> Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. (BBE)<a href="/ephesians/5-4.htm">Ephesians 5:4</a> And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise. (BBE)<a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">2 Peter 2:10</a> But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places: (BBE)<a href="/2_peter/3-3.htm">2 Peter 3:3</a> Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things, (BBE)<a href="/jude/1-18.htm">Jude 1:18</a> How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/21-9.htm">Genesis 21:9</a> And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking. (See JPS)<a href="/genesis/39-14.htm">Genesis 39:14</a> She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry; (BBE NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/39-17.htm">Genesis 39:17</a> Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me; (BBE NAS NIV)<a href="/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2</a> and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh." (See RSV)<a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Exodus 32:6</a> And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered up burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport. (DBY)<a href="/numbers/22-29.htm">Numbers 22:29</a> Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you." (See RSV)<a href="/judges/8-15.htm">Judges 8:15</a> So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness? (BBE)<a href="/judges/16-10.htm">Judges 16:10</a> Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands? (BBE)<a href="/judges/16-15.htm">Judges 16:15</a> And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength. (BBE)<a href="/judges/16-25.htm">Judges 16:25</a> And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/judges/16-27.htm">Judges 16:27</a> Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6</a> Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away? (BBE RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/31-4.htm">1 Samuel 31:4</a> Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself. (BBE NAS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/2-14.htm">2 Samuel 2:14</a> And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and make sport before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. (DBY)<a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">1 Kings 18:27</a> And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake. (BBE)<a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">2 Kings 2:23</a> Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair! (BBE)<a href="/2_kings/19-21.htm">2 Kings 19:21</a> This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you. (BBE)<a href="/1_chronicles/10-4.htm">1 Chronicles 10:4</a> Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself. (BBE RSV)<a href="/2_chronicles/30-10.htm">2 Chronicles 30:10</a> So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of. (BBE)<a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">2 Chronicles 36:16</a> But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help. (BBE)<a href="/nehemiah/2-19.htm">Nehemiah 2:19</a> But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king? (BBE)<a href="/nehemiah/4-1.htm">Nehemiah 4:1</a> Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews. (BBE)<a href="/job/5-22.htm">Job 5:22</a> You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth. (BBE)<a href="/job/9-23.htm">Job 9:23</a> If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong. (BBE)<a href="/job/11-3.htm">Job 11:3</a> Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame? (BBE)<a href="/job/12-4.htm">Job 12:4</a> It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of! (BBE)<a href="/job/16-20.htm">Job 16:20</a> My friends make sport of me; to God my eyes are weeping, (BBE)<a href="/job/17-2.htm">Job 17:2</a> Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing. (BBE)<a href="/job/17-6.htm">Job 17:6</a> He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport. (BBE)<a href="/job/19-3.htm">Job 19:3</a> Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong. (BBE)<a href="/job/21-3.htm">Job 21:3</a> Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me. (BBE)<a href="/job/22-19.htm">Job 22:19</a> The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them, (BBE)<a href="/job/30-1.htm">Job 30:1</a> But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks. (BBE RSV)<a href="/job/31-34.htm">Job 31:34</a> For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door; (BBE)<a href="/job/34-7.htm">Job 34:7</a> What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God, (BBE)<a href="/job/34-37.htm">Job 34:37</a> For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him. (BBE)<a href="/job/39-7.htm">Job 39:7</a> He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears; (BBE)<a href="/job/39-18.htm">Job 39:18</a> When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him. (BBE)<a href="/job/39-21.htm">Job 39:21</a> He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear. (BBE)<a href="/job/41-5.htm">Job 41:5</a> Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women? (BBE)<a href="/job/41-29.htm">Job 41:29</a> A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/2-4.htm">Psalms 2:4</a> Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/35-19.htm">Psalms 35:19</a> Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/59-8.htm">Psalms 59:8</a> But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/69-11.htm">Psalms 69:11</a> When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/79-4.htm">Psalms 79:4</a> We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalms 104:26</a> There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein. (See JPS NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/109-25.htm">Psalms 109:25</a> As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/119-51.htm">Psalms 119:51</a> The men of pride have made great sport of me; but I have not been turned from your law. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/123-4.htm">Psalms 123:4</a> For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/139-20.htm">Psalms 139:20</a> For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name. (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Proverbs 1:26</a> So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear; (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/3-34.htm">Proverbs 3:34</a> He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted. (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/10-23.htm">Proverbs 10:23</a> It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/proverbs/13-13.htm">Proverbs 13:13</a> He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded. (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/17-5.htm">Proverbs 17:5</a> Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment. (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/19-28.htm">Proverbs 19:28</a> A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream. (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/26-19.htm">Proverbs 26:19</a> So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)<a href="/proverbs/30-17.htm">Proverbs 30:17</a> The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Isaiah 23:9</a> It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Isaiah 28:22</a> And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Isaiah 29:20</a> For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off: (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Isaiah 33:8</a> The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/37-22.htm">Isaiah 37:22</a> This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/49-7.htm">Isaiah 49:7</a> The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a> Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/57-4.htm">Isaiah 57:4</a> Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/isaiah/60-14.htm">Isaiah 60:14</a> And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Jeremiah 9:5</a> Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah 20:7</a> O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Jeremiah 48:26</a> Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27</a> For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Jeremiah 48:39</a> How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him. (BBE)<a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm">Lamentations 1:15</a> The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord. (BBE)<a href="/lamentations/3-14.htm">Lamentations 3:14</a> I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day. (BBE)<a href="/ezekiel/22-5.htm">Ezekiel 22:5</a> Those who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you are full of sounds of fear. (BBE)<a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Hosea 7:16</a> They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them. (BBE)<a href="/habakkuk/1-10.htm">Habakkuk 1:10</a> He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them. 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