Bible Verses About Wrestlings

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

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.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

For 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.

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

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

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.

Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

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

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

For 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.

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.