25 Bible Verses about Being First

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And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.

And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.

Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.

The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.

The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.

The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

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And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

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