25 Bible Verses about People Going Before

And the disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"

And he said to them, "Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."

You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.'

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me."

For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.

All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.

Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."

As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God."

who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep that have no shepherd."

But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see.'

"That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the LORD!

These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.

When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas,

But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.