48 Bible Verses about Putting God First

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. But when it says "everything" has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.

And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.

But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.

It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in people.

This is the first and greatest commandment.

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

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."

Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

and to put on the new man who has been created in God's image -- in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

So the last will be first, and the first last."

You put all things under his control." For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

Elijah told the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire."

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Because of this I remind you to rekindle God's gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. "I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

"This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year.

Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

God said, "Let there be light." And there was light!

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.

Then you will take delight in the Lord, and he will answer your prayers.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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