25 Bible Verses about Being First

and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that one giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, 'This hath come out first.'

all those numbered of the camp of Judah are a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first.

And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'A beginning of the Goyim is Amalek; And his latter end -- for ever he perisheth.'

the hand of the witnesses is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.

Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that is in thine eye -- thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the little dogs.'

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, 'Which is the first command of all?'

and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;

'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

for our being to the praise of His glory, even those who did first hope in the Christ,

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because -- if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed -- the son of the destruction,

and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

then he said, 'Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;