'Begin' in the Bible

Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don't begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your place.' Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.

But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'