Matt.5.24  leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matt.6.33  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.
Matt.7.5  You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Matt.8.21  Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
Matt.10.2  The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Matt.12.29  Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.
Matt.12.45  Then he goes and brings with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil generation."
Matt.13.30  Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
Matt.17.10  And the disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"
Matt.17.25  He said, "Yes." And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?"
Matt.17.27  However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."
Matt.19.30  But many that are first will be last, and the last first.
Matt.20.8  And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, `Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'
Matt.20.10  Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.
Matt.20.16  So the last will be first, and the first last."
Matt.20.27  and whoever would be first among you must be your slave;
Matt.21.28  "What do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, `Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
Matt.21.31  Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Matt.21.36  Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them.
Matt.22.25  Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.
Matt.22.38  This is the great and first commandment.
Matt.23.26  You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
Matt.26.17  Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the passover?"
Matt.27.64  Therefore order the sepulchre to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away, and tell the people, `He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first."
Matt.28.1  Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulchre.
Mark.3.27  But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may plunder his house.
Mark.4.28  The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Mark.7.27  And he said to her, "Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
Mark.9.11  And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"
Mark.9.12  And he said to them, "Elijah does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
Mark.9.35  And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
Mark.10.31  But many that are first will be last, and the last first."
Mark.10.44  and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.
Mark.12.20  There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no children;
Mark.12.28  And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?"
Mark.12.29  Jesus answered, "The first is, `Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one;
Mark.13.10  And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
Mark.14.12  And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passover?"
Mark.16.2  And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.
Mark.16.9  Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Luke.2.2  This was the first enrollment, when Quirini-us was governor of Syria.
Luke.2.7  And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
Luke.6.42  Or how can you say to your brother, `Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
Luke.9.59  To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
Luke.9.61  Another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home."
Luke.10.5  Whatever house you enter, first say, `Peace be to this house!'
Luke.11.26  Then he goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
Luke.11.38  The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
Luke.12.1  In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke.13.30  And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
Luke.14.18  But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, `I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.'
Luke.14.28  For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Luke.14.31  Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Luke.16.5  So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, `How much do you owe my master?'
Luke.17.25  But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
Luke.19.16  The first came before him, saying, `Lord, your pound has made ten pounds more.'
Luke.20.29  Now there were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and died without children;
Luke.21.9  And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once."
Luke.24.1  But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared.
John.1.41  He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
John.2.10  and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first; and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."
John.2.11  This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John.6.64  But there are some of you that do not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray him.
John.7.51  "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
John.8.7  And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."
John.10.40  He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized, and there he remained.
John.12.16  His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and had been done to him.
John.18.13  First they led him to Annas; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
John.19.32  So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him;
John.19.39  Nicodemus also, who had at first come to him by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' weight.
John.20.1  Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
John.20.4  They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first;
John.20.8  Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;
John.20.19  On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
Acts.1.1  In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
Acts.3.26  God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness."
Acts.7.12  But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
Acts.11.26  and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians.
Acts.12.10  When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.
Acts.13.46  And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts.15.14  Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Acts.20.7  On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
Acts.20.18  And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived among you all the time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,
Acts.26.20  but declared first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.
Acts.26.23  that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."
Acts.27.43  but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land,
Rom.1.8  First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
Rom.1.16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Rom.2.9  There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
Rom.2.10  but glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
Rom.8.23  and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
Rom.8.29  For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
Rom.10.19  Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry."
Rom.11.16  If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Rom.13.11  Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed;
Rom.16.5  greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ.
1Cor.11.18  For, in the first place, when you assemble as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it,
1Cor.12.28  And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues.
1Cor.14.30  If a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first be silent.
1Cor.15.3  For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
1Cor.15.20  But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1Cor.15.23  But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
1Cor.15.45  Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1Cor.15.46  But it is not the spiritual which is first but the physical, and then the spiritual.
1Cor.15.47  The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
1Cor.16.2  On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that contributions need not be made when I come.
1Cor.16.15  Now, brethren, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints;
2Cor.1.15  Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a double pleasure;
2Cor.8.5  and this, not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.
2Cor.10.14  For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.
Gal.4.13  you know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first;
Eph.1.12  we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory.
Eph.6.2  "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),
Phil.1.5  thankful for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
Col.1.15  He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation;
Col.1.18  He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
1Thess.4.16  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first;
2Thess.2.3  Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition,
1Tim.2.1  First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men,
1Tim.2.13  For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
1Tim.3.10  And let them also be tested first; then if they prove themselves blameless let them serve as deacons.
1Tim.5.4  If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
1Tim.5.12  and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge.
2Tim.1.5  I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you.
2Tim.2.6  It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
2Tim.4.16  At my first defense no one took my part; all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
Heb.1.6  And again, when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."
Heb.2.3  how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,
Heb.3.14  For we share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end,
Heb.5.12  For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need some one to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;
Heb.7.2  and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
Heb.7.27  He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
Heb.8.7  For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second.
Heb.8.13  In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Heb.9.1  Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.
Heb.9.15  Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.
Heb.9.18  Hence even the first covenant was not ratified without blood.
Heb.10.9  then he added, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.
Heb.11.28  By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.
Heb.12.23  and to the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Jas.9.10  Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Jas.11.17  But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.
2Pet.1.20  First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,
2Pet.2.20  For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2Pet.3.3  First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions
1John.4.19  We love, because he first loved us.
3John.1.9  I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
Rev.1.5  and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Rev.1.17  When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,
Rev.2.4  But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
Rev.2.5  Remember then from what you have fallen, repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Rev.2.8  "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: `The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
Rev.2.19  "`I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
Rev.4.1  After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, "Come up hither, and I will show you what must take place after this."
Rev.4.7  the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle.
Rev.8.7  The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, which fell on the earth; and a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Rev.9.12  The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
Rev.13.12  It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.
Rev.14.4  It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste; it is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,
Rev.16.2  So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and foul and evil sores came upon the men who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
Rev.20.5  The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
Rev.20.6  Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.
Rev.21.1  Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Rev.21.19  The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every jewel; the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
Rev.22.13  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."