18 Bible Verses about Being First

But seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then will you see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.

How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me cast out the speck in your eye, and you yourself see not the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.

Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than itself; and they come and dwell there; and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.

The earth produces spontaneously, first the stalk, then the head, then the full wheat in the head.

And he said to her, Suffer the children first to be filled; it is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs.

And he sat down and called the twelve, and said to them, If any one wishes to be first, he shall he last of all, and a servant of all.

And one of the scribes coming forward hearing them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, asked him, What commandment is first of all?

And the good news must first be preached to all nations.

AND having arisen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene from whom he had cast out seven demons.

For what man of you wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the expense, whether he has the means to finish?

(Added verse not retained in Sawyer)

and not as we hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God,

that we should be for a praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ;

Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

And let these be proved first, then let them serve, being found blameless.

having a remembrance of the unfeigned faith in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that [it dwells] also in you.

then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,