18 Bible Verses about Being First

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these shall be superadded unto you.

Thou hypocrite, first get the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see how to take the splinter out of thy brother's eye.

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother let me take out the splinter that is in thine eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou wilt see distinctly how to take out the chaff that is in thy brother's eye.

Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and so the last state of that man is worse than the first.

For the earth produces fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear:

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be satisfied: for it is not fit to take the children's bread, and throw it to the dogs.

So He sat down and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any one would be first, let him be last of all, and servant of all.

And one of the scribes, who heard them disputing, seeing that He answered them well, came to Him and asked Him, Which is the chief commandment of all?

And the gospel must first be published to all nations.

Now Jesus being risen early on the first day of the week appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven devils:

For who of you that hath a mind to build a tower does not first sit down and calculate the expence, whether he hath wherewithal to perfect it?

For an angel descended at a certain season into the pool, and moved the water; the first therefore that went in after the disturbing of the water, was cured of whatever malady he laboured under.

And this they did not merely as we hoped, but first gave themselves unto the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

Let not any one deceive you by any means; for it shall not come till there come an apostasy first, and the man of sin be revealed,

(And let these also first be proved, then let them take the office of deacons, if they be found blameless.)

keeping in memory the unfeigned faith, that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice: and I am persuaded that it dwells in thee also;

"Lo I come to do thy will, O God." (He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second.)