25 Bible Verses about Being First

And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment. And they called his name Esau.

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.

And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.

The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah.

He that pleadeth his cause first'seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

Then goeth he, and taketh to him'seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?

And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.

Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.

and this , not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.