25 Bible Verses about Being First

And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment. And they called his name Esau.

And when she travailed, it happened that one put out a hand. And the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one came out first.

All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty-six thousand and four hundred, by their armies. They shall set forth first.

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable and said, Amalek was the first of the nations. But his latter end is to destruction.

The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.

And Saul built an altar to Jehovah. The same was the first altar that he built to Jehovah.

The first in his cause seems just, but his neighbor comes and searches him.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

Hypocrite! First cast the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to cast the splinter out of your brother's eye.

Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the splinter in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.

And he goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in, they dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first.

For the earth brings out fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear.

But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled. For it is not right to take the children's loaves and to throw it to the dogs.

And He sat down and called the Twelve and said to them, If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.

And coming up one of the scribes heard them reasoning, knowing that He had answered them well, he asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all?

And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

And when Jesus had risen early the first day of the Sabbath, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he may have enough to finish it;

For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and troubled the water. Then whoever first stepped in after the troubling of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had.

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

for us to be to the praise of His glory, who previously had trusted in Christ;

Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,

And let these also first be tested, then let them minister without reproach.

taking recollection of the unfeigned faith that is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice. And I am persuaded that it is in you also.

then He said, "Lo, I come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first so that He may establish the second.