Haller's Concordance: FIRST
- And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared. Gen. 8:5
- Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried. Gen. 8:13
- She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife. Gen. 16:3
- He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother's foot in his hand: and therefore he was called Jacob. Gen. 25:25
- And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright. Gen. 25:31
- He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me? Gen. 25:32
- Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright. Gen. 25:33
- And so taking bread and the pottage of lentils, he ate, and drank, and went his way; making little account of having sold his first birthright. Gen. 25:34
- And Jacob said: There is yet much day remaining, neither is it time to bring the flocks into the folds again: first give the sheep drink, and so lead them back to feed. Gen. 29:7
- Laban answered: It is not the custom in this place, to give the younger in marriage first. Gen. 29:26
- So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them. Gen. 30:41
- But when the later coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward, became Laban's; and they of the first time, Jacob's. Gen. 30:42
- And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou? or whither goest thou? or whose are these before thee? Gen. 32:17
- The sons of Lia: Ruben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon. Gen. 35:23
- And Juda took a wife for Her, his first born, whose name was Thamar. Gen. 38:6
- And Her, the first born of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord: and was slain by him. Gen. 38:7
- This shall come forth the first. Gen. 38:28
- The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine, Gen. 40:9
- And they being much afraid, said there one to another: Because of the money, which we carried back the first time in our sacks, we are brought in: that he may bring upon us a false accusation, and by violence make slaves of us and our asses. Gen. 43:18
- My lord. Thou didst ask thy servants the first time: Have you a father or a brother. Gen. 44:19
- And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of thy servants, and of all the Egyptians: such a number as thy fathers have not seen, nor thy grandfathers, from the time they were first upon the earth, until this present day. And he turned himself away, and went forth from Pharao. Ex. 10:6
- This month shall be to you the beginning of months; it shall be the first in the months of the year. Ex. 12:2
- Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread: in the first day there shall be no leaven in your houses; whosoever shall eat any thing leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall perish out of Israel. Ex. 12:15
- The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be kept with the like solemnity: you shall do no work in them, except those things that belong to eating. Ex. 12:16
- The first month, the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the same month, in the evening. Ex. 12:18
- And if any stranger be willing to dwell among you, and to keep the Phase of the Lord, all his males shall first be circumcised, and then shall he celebrate it according to the manner: and he shall be as he that is born in the land: but if any man be uncircumcised, he shall not eat thereof. Ex. 12:48
- Thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex, thou shalt consecrate to the Lord. Ex. 13:12
- And when Moses had stretched forth his hand towards the sea, it returned at the first break of day to the former place: and as the Egyptians were fleeing away, the waters came upon them, and the Lord shut them up in the middle of the waves. Ex. 14:27
- And thou shalt set in it four rows of stones . In the first row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald: Ex. 28:17
- The first of the fruits of thy ground thou shalt offer in the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam. Ex. 34:26
- And he set four rows of precious stones in it. In the first row was a sardius, a topaz, an emerald. Ex. 39:10
- The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony, Ex. 40:2
- So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up. Ex. 40:17
- And he shall give them to the priest: who shall offer the first for sin, and twist back the head of it to the little pinions, so that it stick to the neck, and be not altogether broken off. Lev. 5:8
- Having first washed the entrails, and the feet, and the whole ram together he burnt upon the altar: because it was a holocaust of most sweet odour to the Lord, as he had commanded him. Lev. 8:21
- Having first washed the entrails and the feet with water. Lev. 9:14
- Unless he first do these things. He shall offer a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust. Lev. 16:3
- The first month, the fourteenth day of the month at evening, is the phase of the Lord. Lev. 23:5
- The first day shall be most solemn unto you, and holy: you shall do no servile work therein. Lev. 23:7
- And on the same day that the sheaf is consecrated, a lamb without blemish of the first year shall be killed for a holocaust of the Lord. Lev. 23:12
- And you shall offer with the loaves seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one calf from the herd, and they shall be for a holocaust with their two rams: and they shall be for a holocaust with their libations for a most sweet odour to the Lord. Lev. 23:18
- You shall offer also a buck goat for sin, and two lambs of the first year for sacrifices of peace offerings. Lev. 23:19
- Say to the children of Israel: The seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall keep a sabbath, a memorial, with the sound of trumpets, and it shall be called holy. Lev. 23:24
- The first day shall be called most solemn and most holy: you shall do no servile work therein. And seven days you shall offer holocausts to the Lord. Lev. 23:35
- So from the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you shall have gathered in all the fruits of your land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days. On the first day and the eighth shall be a sabbath: that is a day of rest. Lev. 23:39
- And you shall take to you on the first day the fruits of the fairest tree, and branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook: And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God. Lev. 23:40
- ‡ ¤ And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tabernacle of the covenant, the first day of the second month, the second year of their going out of Egypt, saying: Num. 1:1
- And assembled them on the first day of the second month, reckoning them up by the kindreds, and houses, and families, and heads, and names of every one from twenty years old and upward, Num. 1:18
- All that were numbered in the camp of Juda, were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred: and they by their troops shall march first. Num. 2:9
- The priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy, and shall elevate it before the Lord, and shall put it upon the altar: yet so as first, Num. 5:25
- The first day Nahasson the son of Aminadab of the tribe of Juda offered his offering: Num. 7:12
- ¤ The Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying: Num. 9:1
- But if the sound of the trumpets be longer, and with interruptions, they that are on the east side, shall first go forward. Num. 10:5
- If at any time you shall have a banquet, and on your festival days, and on the first days of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts, and the sacrifices of peace offerings, that they may be to you for a remembrance of your God. I am the Lord your God. Num. 10:10
- And the first went forward according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. Num. 10:13
- ¤ And the children of Israel, and all the multitude came into the desert of Sin, in the first month: and the people abode in Cades. And Mary died there, and was buried in the same place. Num. 20:1
- And on the first day of the month you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish, Num. 28:11
- And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, shall be the phase of the Lord, Num. 28:16
- And the first day of them shall be venerable and holy: you shall not do any servile work therein. Num. 28:18
- ¤ The first day also of the seventh month shall be venerable and holy unto you; you shall do no servile work therein, because it is the day of the sounding and of trumpets. Num. 29:1
- Besides the holocaust of the first day of the month with the sacrifices thereof, and the perpetual holocaust with the accustomed libations. With the same ceremonies you shall offer a burnt sacrifice for a most sweet odour to the Lord. Num. 29:6
- Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people. Num. 31:2
- Now the children of Israel departed from Ramesses the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the phase, with a mighty hand, in the sight of all the Egyptians, Num. 33:3
- And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord: and there he died in the fortieth year of the coming forth of the children of Israel out of Egypt, the fifth month, the first day of the month, Num. 33:38
- In the fortieth year, the eleventh month, the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel all that the Lord had commanded him to say to them: Dt. 1:3
- The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims, Dt. 2:10
- But thou shalt presently put him to death. Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people. Dt. 13:9
- ¤ Observe the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring, that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night. Dt. 16:1
- No leaven shall be seen in all thy coasts for seven days, neither shall any of the flesh of that which was sacrificed the first day in the evening remain until morning. Dt. 16:4
- The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him, and afterwards the hands of the rest of the people: that thou mayst take away the evil out of the midst of thee. Dt. 17:7
- If at any time thou come to fight against a city, thou shalt first offer it peace. Dt. 20:10
- But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, and shall give him a double portion of all he hath: for this is the first of his children, and to him are due the first birthrights. Dt. 21:17
- And the first son he shall have of her he shall call by his name, that his name be not abolished out of Israel. Dt. 25:6
- Thou shalt take the first of all thy fruits, and put them in a basket, and shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may be invocated there: Dt. 26:2
- And the people came up out of the Jordan, the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Galgal, over against the east side of the city of Jericho. Josu. 4:19
- And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born among them, half of them by Mount Garizim, and half by Mount Hebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord, had commanded. And first he blessed the people of Israel. Josu. 8:33
- And first came up the lot of the children of Benjamin by their families, to possess the land between the children of Juda, and the children of Joseph. Josu. 18:11
- To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them) Josu. 21:10
- And the princes of Galaad said one to another: Whosoever of us shall first begin to fight against the children of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Galaad. Judg. 10:18
- Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord. Judg. 11:31
- But on the fourth day, arising early in the morning, he desired to depart. But his father in law kept him, and said to him: Taste first a little bread, and strengthen thy stomach, and so thou shalt depart. Judg. 19:5
- And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader. Judg. 20:18
- Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle. Judg. 20:23
- And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second. Judg. 20:30
- And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men: Judg. 20:31
- I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it, and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field. Ruth 4:4
- And he that sacrificed said to him: Let the fat first be burnt to day, according to the custom, and then take to thee as much as thy soul desireth. But he answered, and said to him: Not so: but thou shalt give it me now, or else I will take it by force. 1 Ki. 2:16
- And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was of about twenty men, within half an acre of land, which a yoke of oxen is wont to plough in a day. 1 Ki. 14:14
- And Saul built an altar to the Lord: and he then first began to build an altar to the Lord. 1 Ki. 14:35
- And he said to him: (God forbid, thou shalt not die: for my father will do nothing, great or little, without first telling me: hath then my father hid this word only from me? no, this shall not be. 1 Ki. 20:2
- Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits, or in some other place where he liest: and when any one shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that followed Absalom. 2 Ki. 17:9
- For I thy servant acknowledge my sin: and therefore I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph, and am come down to meet my lord the king. 2 Ki. 19:20
- And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said: I have ten parts in the king more than thou, and David belongeth to me more than to thee: why hast thou done me a wrong, and why was it not told me first, that I might bring back my king? And the men of Juda answered more harshly than the men of Israel. 2 Ki. 19:43
- And gave them into the hands of the Gabaonites: and they crucified them on a hill before the Lord: and these seven died together in the first days of the harvest, when the barley began to be reaped. 2 Ki. 21:9
- And the noblest of three, and was their chief, but to the three first he attained not. 2 Ki. 23:19
- And he was renowned among the three valiant men, who were the most honourable among the thirty: but he attained not to the first three: and David made him of his privy council. 2 Ki. 23:23
- And Elias said to her: Fear not; but go, and do as thou hast said but first make for me of the same meal a little hearth cake, and bring it to me, and after make for thyself and thy son. 3 Ki. 17:13
- Then Elias said to the prophets of Baal: Choose you one bullock and dress it first, because you are many: and call on the names of your gods; but put no fire under. 3 Ki. 18:25
- Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad: Tell my lord, the king: All that thou didst send for to me, thy servant at first, I will do: but this thing I cannot do. 3 Ki. 20:9
- And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first. And Benadad sent. And they told him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria. 3 Ki. 20:17
- Behold fire came down from heaven, and consumed the two first captains of fifty men, and the fifties that were with them: but now I beseech thee to spare my life. 4 Ki. 1:14
- So they arose in the evening, to go to the Syrian camp. And when they were come to the first part of the camp of the Syrians, they found no man there. 4 Ki. 7:5
- ¤ Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn. 1 Par. 5:1
- But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.) 1 Par. 5:2
- Now the first that dwelt in their possessions, and in their cities, were the Israelites, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathineans. 1 Par. 9:2
- And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the general. 1 Par. 11:6
- And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three. 1 Par. 11:21
- And the first among the thirty, but yet to the three he attained not: and David made him of his council. 1 Par. 11:25
- These are they who passed over the Jordan in the first month, when it is used to flow over its banks: and they put to flight all that dwelt in the valleys both toward the east and toward the west. 1 Par. 12:15
- Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not present, the same should now also come to pass, by our doing some thing against the law. 1 Par. 15:13
- And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house. 1 Par. 23:11
- The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first. 1 Par. 23:16
- And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly. 1 Par. 23:17
- The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first. 1 Par. 23:18
- The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth. 1 Par. 23:19
- The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second. 1 Par. 23:20
- Now the first lot came forth to Joiarib, the second to Jedei, 1 Par. 24:7
- And his son Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaan the fourth. 1 Par. 24:23
- And the first lot came forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph. The second to Godolias, to him and his sons, and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:9
- Over the first company the first month Jesboam, the son of Zabdiel was chief, and under him were four and twenty thousand. 1 Par. 27:2
- Of the sons of Phares, the chief of all the captains in the host in the first month. 1 Par. 27:3
- Now the acts of king David first and last are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer: 1 Par. 29:29
- Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits. 2 Par. 3:3
- Now the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the books of Ahias the Silonite, and in the vision of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam the son of Nabat. 2 Par. 9:29
- Now the acts of Roboam first and last are written in the books of Semeias the prophet, and of Addo the seer, and diligently recorded: and there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam all their days. 2 Par. 12:15
- But the works of Asa the first and last are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 2 Par. 16:11
- And the Lord was with Josaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father: and trusted not in Baalim, 2 Par. 17:3
- But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, first and last, are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which he digested into the books of the kings of Israel. 2 Par. 20:34
- Now the rest of the acts of Amasias, the first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 2 Par. 25:26
- But the rest of the acts of Ozias first and last were written by Isaias the son of Amos, the prophet. 2 Par. 26:22
- But the rest of his acts, and all his works first and last are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 2 Par. 28:26
- In the first year and month of his reign he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. 2 Par. 29:3
- And they began to cleanse on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the same month they came into the porch of the temple of the Lord, and they purified the temple in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the same month they finished what they had begun. 2 Par. 29:17
- ¤ And Josias kept a phase to the Lord in Jerusalem, and it was sacrificed on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 Par. 35:1
- And his works first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 2 Par. 35:27
- But in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, to fulfil the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, king of the Persians: who commanded it to be proclaimed through all his kingdom, and by writing also, saying: 2 Par. 36:22
- ‡ ¤ In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying: 1 Esd. 1:1
- From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer holocausts to the Lord: but the temple of God was not yet founded. 1 Esd. 3:6
- But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built. 1 Esd. 5:13
- In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits, 1 Esd. 6:3
- And the children of Israel of the captivity kept the phase, on the fourteenth day of the first month. 1 Esd. 6:19
- For upon the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem according to the good hand of his God upon him. 1 Esd. 7:9
- Then we set forward from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 1 Esd. 8:31
- For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression. 1 Esd. 9:2
- And the children of the captivity did so. And Esdras the priest, and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 1 Esd. 10:16
- And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 1 Esd. 10:17
- But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes and magistrates, and common people, to number them: and I found a book of the number of them who came up at first and therein it was found written: 2 Esd. 7:5
- Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month. 2 Esd. 8:2
- And he read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last, and they kept the solemnity seven days, and in the eighth day a solemn assembly according to the manner. 2 Esd. 8:18
- Because she had been given to seven husbands and a devil named Asmodeus had killed them, at their first going in unto her. Tob. 3:8
- ¤ And Tobias went forward, and the dog followed him, and he lodged the first night by the river of Tigris. Tob. 6:1
- Tobias said: I will not eat nor drink here this day, unless thou first grant me my petition, and promise to give me Sara thy daughter. Tob. 7:10
- ¤ In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself. Jud. 2:1
- They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans. Jud. 5:7
- ‡ In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardochai the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the tribe of Benjamin: Esther 11:2
- A Jew who dwelt in the city of Susan, a great man and among the first of the king's court, had a dream. Esther 11:3
- (Now the chief and nearest him were, Charsena, and Sethar, and Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamuchan, seven princes of the Persians and of the Medes, who saw the face of the king, and were used to sit first after him:) Esther 1:14
- At that time, therefore, when Mardochai abode at the king's gate, Bagathan and Thares, two of the king's eunuchs, who were porters, and presided in the first entry of the palace, were angry: and they designed to rise up against the king, and to kill him. Esther 2:21
- In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the Jews should be destroyed: and there came out the twelfth month, which is called Adar. Esther 3:7
- And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring, Esther 3:12
- And let the first of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse, and going through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say: Thus shall he be honoured, whom the king hath a mind to honour. Esther 6:9
- Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets. Esther 9:17
- Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions. Job 13:4
- At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted. Job 14:9
- Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills? Job 15:7
- He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower. Job 15:33
- How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak. Job 18:2
- If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned. Job 29:25
- Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits; Pr. 3:9
- The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him. Pr. 18:17
- She preventeth them that covet her, so that she first sheweth herself unto them. Wis. 6:14
- ¤ I myself am a mortal man, like all others, and of the race of him, that was first made of the earth, and in the womb of my mother I was fashioned to be flesh. Wis. 7:1
- And being born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, that is made alike, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do. Wis. 7:3
- ¤ She preserved him, that was first formed by God, the father of the world, when he was created alone, Wis. 10:1
- With whose beauty, if they, being delighted, took them to be gods: let them know how much the Lord of them is more beautiful than they: for the first author of beauty made all those things. Wis. 13:3
- For whereas they would not believe any thing before by reason of the enchantments, then first upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged the people to be of God. Wis. 18:13
- For she walketh with him in temptation, and at the first she chooseth him. Sir. 4:18
- And if evils come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first. Sir. 12:17
- For first she hath been unfaithful to the law of the most High: and secondly, she hath offended against her husband: thirdly, she hath fornicated in adultery, and hath gotten her children of another man. Sir. 23:33
- Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out. Sir. 24:38
- Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it. Sir. 31:12
- Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion. Sir. 31:16
- Leave off first, for manners' sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend. Sir. 31:20
- And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all, and be not the first to ask for drink. Sir. 31:21
- To speak the first word with careful knowledge, and hinder not music. Sir. 32:5
- And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime. Sir. 32:15
- He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed. Sir. 45:26
- ¤ At the first time the land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephtali was lightly touched: and at the last the way of the sea beyond the Jordan of the Galilee of the Gentiles was heavily loaded. Isa. 9:1
- Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last. Isa. 41:4
- The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist. Isa. 41:27
- The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you hear them. Isa. 42:9
- Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. Isa. 43:27
- Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God. Isa. 44:6
- Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last. Isa. 48:12
- And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last. Isa. 56:11
- Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, who have sacrificed upon the mountains, and have reproached me upon the hills; and I will measure back their first work in their bosom. Isa. 65:7
- And I will repay first their double iniquities, and their sins: because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations. Jer. 16:18
- One basket had very good figs, like the figs of the first season: and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, because they were bad. Jer. 24:2
- ¤ The word that came to Jeremias concerning all the people of Juda, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, (the same is the first year of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,) Jer. 25:1
- The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say: Give ye glory to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring their vows into the house of the Lord: for I will bring back the captivity of the land as at the first, saith the Lord. Jer. 33:11
- Take thee again another volume: and write in it all the former words that were in the first volume which Joakim the king of Juda hath burnt. Jer. 36:28
- Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him: and last this Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath broken his bones. Jer. 50:17
- And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the twelfth month, the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Joachin king of Juda, and brought him forth out of prison. Jer. 52:31
- And when they went, they went by four ways: and they turned not when they went: but to the place whither they first turned, the rest also followed, and did not turn back. Ezec. 10:11
- ¤ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Ezec. 26:1
- And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year in the first month, in the first of the month: that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Ezec. 29:17
- And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Ezec. 30:20
- ¤ And it came to pass, in the eleventh year, the third month the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Ezec. 31:1
- ¤ And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Ezec. 32:1
- Thus saith the Lord God: In the first month, the first of the month, thou shalt take a calf of the herd without blemish, and thou shalt expiate the sanctuary. Ezec. 45:18
- In the first month, the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the solemnity of the pasch: seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. Ezec. 45:21
- And Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus. Dan. 1:21
- Neither is there at this time prince, or leader, or prophet, or holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of first fruits before thee, Dan. A:15
- ¤ In the first year of Baltasar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream: and the vision of his head was upon his bed: and writing the dream, he comprehended it in a few words: and relating the sum of it in short, he said: Dan. 7:1
- The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her. Dan. 7:4
- I considered the horns, and behold another little horn sprung out of the midst of them: and three of the first horns were plucked up at the presence thereof: and behold eyes like the eyes of a man were in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things. Dan. 7:8
- And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king. Dan. 8:21
- ¤ In the first year of Darius, the son of Assuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans: Dan. 9:1
- The first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem. Dan. 9:2
- And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, I was by the great river, which is the Tigris. Dan. 10:4
- And he said to me: Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, to afflict thyself in the sight of thy God, thy words have been heard: and I am come for thy words. Dan. 10:12
- ¤ And from the first year of Darius, the Mede, I stood up, that he might be strengthened, and confirmed. Dan. 11:1
- And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them: and she shall seek them, and shall not find, and she shall say: I will go, and return to my first husband: because it was better with me then than now. Osee 2:7
- And thou, O cloudy tower of the flock, of the daughter of Sion, unto thee shall it come: yea the first power shall come, the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem. Mic. 4:8
- ¤ Woe is me, for I am become as one that gleaneth in autumn the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, my soul desired the first ripe figs. Mic. 7:1
- ‡ ¤ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying: Agg. 1:1
- Who is left among you, that saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in comparison to that as nothing in your eyes? Agg. 2:3
- Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. Agg. 2:9
- In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses. Zach. 6:2
- ‡ ¤ Now it came to pass, after that Alexander the son of Philip the Macedonian, who first reigned in Greece, coming out of the land of Cethim, had overthrown Darius, king of the Persians and Medes: 1 Ma. 1:1
- Therefore, come thou first, and obey the king's commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons shall be in the number of the king's friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents. 1 Ma. 2:18
- And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the first fruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days: 1 Ma. 3:49
- And Timotheus said to the captains of his army: When Judas and his army come near the torrent of water, if he pass over unto us first, we shall not be able to withstand him: for he will certainly prevail over us. 1 Ma. 5:40
- And he passed over to them first, and all the people after him, and all the heathens were discomfited before them, and they threw away their weapons, and fled to the temple that was in Carnaim. 1 Ma. 5:43
- And that there was in it a temple exceeding rich; and coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which king Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian, that reigned first in Greece, had left there. 1 Ma. 6:2
- And first the Assideans, that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them. 1 Ma. 7:13
- And the armies joined battle on the thirteenth day of the month, Adar: and the army of Nicanor was defeated, and he himself was first slain in the battle. 1 Ma. 7:43
- But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions: 1 Ma. 8:24
- In like manner also if war shall come first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall help them with all their heart, according as the time shall permit them: 1 Ma. 8:27
- In the first month of the hundred and fifty-second year they brought the army to Jerusalem: 1 Ma. 9:3
- For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us. 1 Ma. 10:4
- And the people of Israel began to write in the instruments, and public records, The first year under Simon, the high priest, the great captain, and prince of the Jews. 1 Ma. 13:42
- And he and his people pitched their camp over against them, and he saw that the people were afraid to go over the river, so he went over first: then the men seeing him, passed over after him. 1 Ma. 16:6
- He commanded to cut out the tongue of him that had spoken first: and the skin of his head being drawn off, to chop off also the extremities of his hands and feet, the rest of his brethren and his mother looking on. 2 Ma. 7:4
- So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the next to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before he were punished throughout the whole body in every limb. 2 Ma. 7:7
- But he answered in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore he also, in the next place, received the torments of the first: 2 Ma. 7:8
- And after the holy book had been read to them by Esdras, and he had given them for a watchword, The help of God: himself leading the first band, he joined battle with Nicanor: 2 Ma. 8:23
- Then Machabeus himself first taking his arms, exhorted the rest to expose themselves together with him, to the danger, and to succour their brethren. 2 Ma. 11:7
- But when the first band of Judas came in sight, the enemies were struck with fear, by the presence of God, who seeth all things, and they were put to flight one from another, so that they were often thrown down by their own companions, and wounded with the strokes of their own swords. 2 Ma. 12:22
- And he knew her not till she brought forth her first born son: and he called his name Jesus. Mt. 1:25
- Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother, and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift. Mt. 5:24
- Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. Mt. 6:33
- Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Mt. 7:5
- And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Mt. 8:21
- And the names of the twelve Apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Mt. 10:2
- Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house. Mt. 12:29
- Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation. Mt. 12:45
- Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn. Mt. 13:30
- And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first? Mt. 17:10
- But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee. Mt. 17:27
- And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first. Mt. 19:30
- And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first. Mt. 20:8
- But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: And they also received every man a penny. Mt. 20:10
- So shall the last be first and the first last. For many are called but few chosen. Mt. 20:16
- And he that will be first among you shall be your servant. Mt. 20:27
- But what think you? A certain man had two sons: and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work to day in my vineyard. Mt. 21:28
- Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you. Mt. 21:31
- Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother. Mt. 22:25
- This is the greatest and the first commandment. Mt. 22:38
- And they love the first places at feasts and the first chairs in the synagogues, Mt. 23:6
- Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean. Mt. 23:26
- And on the first day of the Azymes, the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch? Mt. 26:17
- Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day: lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away and say to the people: He is risen from the dead. And the last error shall be worse than the first. Mt. 27:64
- ¤ And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. Mt. 28:1
- No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house. Mk. 3:27
- For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear. Mk. 4:28
- Who said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs. Mk. 7:27
- And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first? Mk. 9:11
- Who answering, said to them: Elias, when he shall come first, shall restore all things; and as it is written of the Son of man that he must suffer many things and be despised. Mk. 9:12
- And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of all. Mk. 9:35
- But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first. Mk. 10:31
- And whosoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all. Mk. 10:44
- Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died leaving no issue. Mk. 12:20
- And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all. Mk. 12:28
- And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God. Mk. 12:29
- And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment. Mk. 12:30
- And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues and to have the highest places at suppers: Mk. 12:39
- And unto all nations the gospel must first be preached. Mk. 13:10
- Now on the first day of the unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the pasch, the disciples say to him: Whither wilt thou that we go and prepare for thee to eat the pasch? Mk. 14:12
- And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. Mk. 16:2
- But he rising early the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalen; out of whom he had cast seven devils. Mk. 16:9
- This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria. Lk. 2:2
- And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger: because there was no room for them in the inn. Lk. 2:7
- ¤ And it came to pass on the second first sabbath that, as he went through the corn fields, his disciples plucked the ears and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. Lk. 6:1
- Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own eye: and then shalt thou see clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye. Lk. 6:42
- But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and to bury my father. Lk. 9:59
- And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house. Lk. 9:61
- Into whatsoever house you enter, first say: Peace be to this house. Lk. 10:5
- Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself: and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Lk. 11:26
- But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice: and all these things shall be added unto you. Lk. 12:31
- And behold, they are last that shall be first: and they are first that shall be last. Lk. 13:30
- And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: Lk. 14:7
- When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him: Lk. 14:8
- And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm and I must needs go out and see it. I pray thee, hold me excused. Lk. 14:18
- For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it: Lk. 14:28
- Or, what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him? Lk. 14:31
- And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the first robe and put it on him: and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. Lk. 15:22
- Therefore, calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord? Lk. 16:5
- But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Lk. 17:25
- And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. Lk. 19:16
- There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children. Lk. 20:29
- Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love salutations in the market place and the first chairs in the synagogues and the chief rooms at feasts: Lk. 20:46
- And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified. These things must first come to pass: but the end is not yet presently. Lk. 21:9
- ¤ And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. Lk. 24:1
- He findeth first his brother Simon and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. Jn. 1:41
- And saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now. Jn. 2:10
- And an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under. Jn. 5:4
- Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him and know what he doth? Jn. 7:51
- When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. Jn. 8:7
- And he went again beyond the Jordan, into that place where John was baptizing first. And there he abode. Jn. 10:40
- These things his disciples did not know at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him and that they had done these things to him. Jn. 12:16
- And they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiphas, who was the high priest of that year. Jn. 18:13
- The soldiers therefore came: and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him. Jn. 19:32
- And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Jn. 19:39
- ¤ And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre: and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Jn. 20:1
- And they both ran together: and that other disciple did outrun Peter and came first to the sepulchre. Jn. 20:4
- Then that other disciple also went in, who came first to the sepulchre: and he saw and believed. Jn. 20:8
- Now when it was late the same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them: Peace be to you. Jn. 20:19
- To you first, God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you: that every one may convert himself from his wickedness. Acts 3:26
- But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first. Acts 7:12
- Whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch. And they conversed there in the church a whole year: and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians. Acts 11:26
- And passing through the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city which of itself opened to them. And going out, they passed on through one street. And immediately the angel departed from him. Acts 12:10
- John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel. Acts 13:24
- Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles. Acts 13:46
- Simon hath related how God first visited to take of the Gentiles, a people to his name. Acts 15:14
- And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, being to depart on the morrow. And he continued his speech until midnight. Acts 20:7
- And when they were come to him and were together, he said to them: You know from the first day that I came into Asia, in what manner I have been with you, for all the time. Acts 20:18
- But to them first that are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance. Acts 26:20
- That Christ should suffer and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead and should shew light to the people and to the Gentiles. Acts 26:23
- But the centurion, willing to save Paul, forbade it to be done. And he commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and save themselves and get to land. Acts 27:43
- First, I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all: because your faith is spoken of in the whole world. Rom. 1:8
- For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth: to the Jew first and to the Greek. Rom. 1:16
- Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Greek. Rom. 2:9
- But glory and honour and peace to every one that worketh good: to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom. 2:10
- Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them. Rom. 3:2
- But I say: Hath not Israel known? First, Moses saith: I will provoke you to jealousy by that which is not a nation: by a foolish nation I will anger you. Rom. 10:19
- Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him? Rom. 11:35
- When I shall begin to take my journey into Spain, I hope that, as I pass, I shall see you and be brought on my way thither by you: if first, in part, I shall have enjoyed you. Rom. 15:24
- For first of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you. And in part I believe it. 1 Cor. 11:18
- And God indeed hath set some in the church; first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly doctors: after that miracles: then the graces of healings, helps, governments, kinds of tongues, interpretations of speeches. 1 Cor. 12:28
- But if any thing be revealed to another sitting, let the first hold his peace. 1 Cor. 14:30
- For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures: 1 Cor. 15:3
- Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first. 1 Cor. 15:36
- As it is written: The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit. 1 Cor. 15:45
- Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural: afterwards that which is spiritual. 1 Cor. 15:46
- The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly. 1 Cor. 15:47
- On the first day of the week, let every one of you put apart with himself, laying up what it shall well please him: that when I come, the collections be not then to be made. 1 Cor. 16:2
- And not as we hoped: but they gave their own selves, first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God; 2 Cor. 8:5
- Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? Eph. 4:9
- Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise: Eph. 6:2
- For your communication in the gospel of Christ, from the first day unto now. Phil. 1:5
- For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment and with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ shall rise first. 1 Th. 4:16
- Let no man deceive you by any means: for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition 2 Th. 2:3
- But for this cause have I obtained mercy: that in me first Christ Jesus might shew forth all patience, for the information of them that shall believe in him unto life everlasting. 1 Tim. 1:16
- ¤ I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men: 1 Tim. 2:1
- For Adam was first formed; then Eve. 1 Tim. 2:13
- And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime. 1 Tim. 3:10
- But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house and to make a return of duty to her parents; for this is acceptable before God. 1 Tim. 5:4
- Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith. 1 Tim. 5:12
- Calling to mind that faith which is in thee unfeigned, which also dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and in thy mother Eunice, and I am certain that in thee also. 2 Tim. 1:5
- The husbandman that laboureth must first partake of the fruits. 2 Tim. 2:6
- At my first answer, no man stood with me: but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge! 2 Tim. 4:16
- A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid: Tit. 3:10
- And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith: And let all the angels of God adore him. Heb. 1:6
- Seeing then it remaineth that some are to enter into it, and they to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief: Heb. 4:6
- For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat. Heb. 5:12
- To whom also Abraham divided the tithes of all: who first indeed by interpretation is king of justice: and then also king of Salem, that is, king of peace: Heb. 7:2
- Who needeth not daily (as the other priests) to offer sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, in offering himself. Heb. 7:27
- For there was a tabernacle made the first, wherein were the candlesticks and the table and the setting forth of loaves, which is called the Holy. Heb. 9:2
- Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle, the priests indeed always entered, accomplishing the offices of sacrifices. Heb. 9:6
- Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood. Heb. 9:18
- Then said I: Behold, I come to do thy will, O God: He taketh away the first, that he may establish that which followeth. Heb. 10:9
- Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau who for one mess sold his first birthright. Heb. 12:16
- But the wisdom that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation. Jas. 3:17
- For the time is, that judgment should begin at the house of God. And if at first at us, what shall be the end of them that believe not the gospel of God? 1 Pet. 4:17
- Understanding this first: That no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation. 2 Pet. 1:20
- Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 2 Pet. 3:3
- In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. 1 Jn. 4:10
- Let us therefore love God: because God first hath loved us. 1 Jn. 4:19
- And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth, who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Apoc. 1:5
- And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last, Apoc. 1:17
- But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first charity. Apoc. 2:4
- Be mindful therefore from whence thou art fallen: and do penance and do the first works. Or else I come to thee and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou do penance. Apoc. 2:5
- And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead and is alive: Apoc. 2:8
- ¤ After these things I looked, and behold a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, as it were, of a trumpet speaking with me, said: Come up hither, and I will shew thee the things which must be done hereafter. Apoc. 4:1
- And the first living creature was like a lion: and the second living creature like a calf: and the third living creature, having the face, as it were, of a man: and the fourth living creature was like an eagle flying. Apoc. 4:7
- And the first angel sounded the trumpet: and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood: and it was cast on the earth. And the third part of the earth was burnt up: and the third part of the trees was burnt up: and all green grass was burnt up. Apoc. 8:7
- And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight. And he caused the earth and them that dwell therein to adore the first beast, whose wound to death was healed. Apoc. 13:12
- And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth. And there fell a sore and grievous wound upon men who had the character of the beast: and upon them that adored the image thereof. Apoc. 16:2
- The rest of the dead lived not, till the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Apoc. 20:5
- Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. In these the second death hath no power. But they shall be priests of God and of Christ: and shall reign with him a thousand years. Apoc. 20:6
- ¤ And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone: and the sea is now no more. Apoc. 21:1
- And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper: the second, sapphire: the third; a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald: Apoc. 21:19
- I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Apoc. 22:13
- And he sayd to them: Declare vnto vs concerning these thinges which are writen. And the first began, he that had spoken of the strength of wine, 3 Esd. 3:17
- Who spake vnder Darius king of the Persians the meruelous wordes in the second yeare of his reigne the first moneth Nisan. 3 Esd. 5:6
- In the first yeare when Cyrus reigned the king of Babylon, Cyrus the king wrote to build this house. 3 Esd. 6:17
- IN THE FIRST YEARE of the reigne of Cyrus, king Cyrus commanded to build the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem, where they did burne incense with dayly fire, 3 Esd. 6:24
- And the children of Israel, wih them that were of the captiuitie celebrated the phase of the fourtenth moone of the first moneth, when the Priestes and Leuites were sanctified. 3 Esd. 7:10
- the sonne of Sadoc, the sonne of Achitob, the sonne of Ameri, the sonne of Azahel, the sonne of Bocci, the sonne of Abisue, the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the first priest. 3 Esd. 8:2
- And we went forward from the riuer Thia, the twelfth day of the first moneth, til we entred into Ierusalem. 3 Esd. 8:62
- And they determined of the men that had outlandish wiues, vntil the newmoone of the first moneth. 3 Esd. 9:17
- where thou shalt finde the dead, committe them to the graue signing it, & I wil geue thee the first seate in my resurrection. (Tob. 1:20) 4 Esd. 2:23
- For Adam the first bearing a vicious hart transgressed and was ouercome, yea and al that were borne of him. 4 Esd. 3:21
- And I sayd: O Lord, speaking thou didst speake from the beginning of creature from the first day, saying: Let heauen be made and earth: and thy word was a perfect worke. 4 Esd. 6:38
- but we thy people whom thou didst cal thy first onlie begotten emulatour, are deliuered into their handes: 4 Esd. 6:58
- ¤ AND it came to passe when I had ended to speake these wordes, the Angel was sent to me, which had bene sent to me the first nights, 4 Esd. 7:1
- And he answered me, and said, When the Most High made the world, and Adam and all them that came of him, he first prepared the judgement and the things that pertain unto the judgement. 4 Esd. 7:70
- For concerning death the teaching is: When the determinate sentence hath gone forth from the Most High that a man should die, as the spirit leaveth the body to return again to him who gave it, it adoreth the glory of the Most High first of all. 4 Esd. 7:78
- The first way, because they have despised the law of the Most High. 4 Esd. 7:81
- First of all they shall see with great joy the glory of him who taketh them up, for they shall have rest in seven orders. 4 Esd. 7:91
- The first order, because they have striven with great labour to overcome the evil thought which was fashioned together with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 4 Esd. 7:92
- And I sayd: First Abraham prayed for the Sodomites, and Moyses for the fathers that sinned in the desert. (Gen. 18/ Ex. 32) 4 Esd. 7:106
- and sayd: This is my word the first and the last, that it had bene better not to geue the earth to Adam, or when he had now geuen it, to restraine him that he should not sinne. 4 Esd. 7:116