25 Bible Verses about Being First

The first one was reddish. His skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau.

As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand. The midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said: This one came out first.

The grand total of all the troops in Judah's camp is one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will be the first group to move out.

He looked at Amalek and continued his discourse. He said: Amalek was the first of the nations but he will end in destruction.

The witnesses must throw the first stone to put him to death, and afterward all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

It was the first altar Saul had built for offering sacrifices to Jehovah.

The first to present his cause seems right. But another comes and examines him.

Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye. Then you can see to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

How can you say to your brother: 'Let me remove the speck in your eye when you do not notice the beam in your own eye?' You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye. Then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

He then takes seven other spirits more evil than himself and they enter in and dwell. The last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.

The earth gives fruit by itself. First comes the leaf, then the head, then full grain.

He said to her: Let the children be fed first. It is not proper to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

He sat down and the twelve came to him. He said: If any man has the desire to be first, he would be last of all and servant of all.

One of the other scribes came to him with a question: What commandment is the first of all?

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

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If you plan to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost. Then you see if you have enough money to finish the job.

(Not in older manuscripts.)

This is not as we hoped. First they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

We who were first to hope in Christ should serve to the praise of his glory.

Do not let anyone deceive you about this in any way. That day will not come unless apostasy (a falling away from truth) takes place first, and the man of lawlessness (sin), the man of destruction, is revealed. (2 Timothy 4:3)

Let these be tested first. Then let them serve as servants, if they are blameless.

I am mindful of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.

He also said: I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first in order to establish the second.