First

And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.

At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.

In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.

The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man and given the mind of a man.

While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.

In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—

…in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.

But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.

“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.

At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.

When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”

All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating

The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,

The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.

All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

…leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

…and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

This is the first and greatest commandment.

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

…and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.

Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.

Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.

This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.

When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

…and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.

At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.

It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.

In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.

…and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.