48 Bible Verses about Putting God First

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.

And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.

Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

This is the first and greatest rule.

And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

So the last will be first, and the first last.

You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power.

Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Take one ox for yourselves and get it ready first, for there are more of you; and make your prayers to your god, but put no fire under.

So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

Let this month be to you the first of months, the first month of the year.

Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.