37 Bible Verses about Putting God First

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these shall be superadded unto you.

Seek ye therefore the kingdom of God, and all these shall be super-added unto you.

for He hath put all things under his feet. But when He saith that all things are put under Him, it is plain that we are to except Him who put all things under Him.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to our God and Father by Him.

and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

And when all things shall be subjected to Him, then shall the Son also himself be subject to Him, that put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

For so is the will of God, that by your good behaviour ye may silence the ignorance of foolish men:

He is before all, and by Him all things subsist.

But I would have you know that Christ is the head of every man; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

In this was the love of God manifested towards us, that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

But now God hath placed the members, every one of them in the body, as He pleased.

And I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who gave me ability for the work, that He accounted me faithful, having put me into the ministry,

And Jesus answered him, it is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

And the second is like it,

take also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

For it seems to me that God hath as it were exhibited us the apostles last upon the stage as appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels and to men.

He, that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.

even to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is both their Lord and ours;

for the righteousness of God is therein revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

(for if any one know not how to govern his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

and to put on the new man, which according to the image of God is created in righteousness, and true holiness.

Is thine eye evil because I am good? Thus the last shall be first, and the first last; for there are many called, but few chosen.

For in putting all things under Him, He left nothing which was not to be in subjection to Him: though we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.

Then will be the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father; when He shall have abolished all rule, and all authority, and power.

that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

for which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God which is in thee through the imposition of my hands.

But I have told you these things, that when the time cometh, ye may remember that I told you of them. Though I did not tell you of them at the beginning, because I was with you.

He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me:

And Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind: this is the first and great command.

and hath put all things under his feet, and given Him to be head over all things to the church;

However, the spiritual is not first, but the animal; and afterwards the spiritual.

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.

Now therefore why do ye tempt God, in imposing a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Wherefore I will not neglect to put you always in mind of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil.

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