37 Bible Verses about Putting God First

But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over.

But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be given you over.

For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, that all things are put under him, it is evident that there is an exception of him, who subjected all things to him.

And everything that ye do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

But when he shall have put all things under him, then also the Son himself shall be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

For such is the will of God, that by well doing ye hold under restraint the ignorance of foolish men:

and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.

But I desire you to take notice that the head of every man is Christ; but the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

By this was the love of God manifested to us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might have life by him.

But now hath God placed the members, every one of them in the body, as he hath chosen.

And I render thanks to him who hath strengthened me, even to Christ Jesus our Lord, that he hath counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

This is the first and great commandment.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

For I think that God hath exposed us his apostles the last as devoted unto death. For we have been made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

He that loveth not, never knew God; for God is love.

to the church of God which is at Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, to the called saints, with all those who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both their's and our's:

For the righteousness of God by faith is therein revealed for belief; as it is written, "Now the just by faith shall live."

for if a man knoweth not how to order his own family, how shall he take proper care of the church of God?

and put on the new man, which is created godlike, in righteousness and true holiness.

Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but the elect are few.

thou hast subjected all things under his feet." Now in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing unsubjected to him; but at present we see not yet all things subjected to him.

Then cometh the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, and the Father; when he shall have destroyed every dominion and every authority and power.

that your faith might not stand on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

For which cause I remind thee that thou fan into a flame the divine gift, which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

But these things have I spoken to you, that when the hour is come, ye may remember the same for I had told you. But these things I told you not at the beginning, because I was with you.

He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

Then Jesus said to him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."

and hath put all things under his feet, and hath appointed him head over all to the church,

But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is animal; and afterward that which is spiritual.

but as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.

Why then now tempt ye God, by imposing a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Wherefore I will not be negligent continually to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.

Be clothed in the panoply of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

And not [merely] as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God.