Put God First In Everything You Do: 50 Encouraging Bible Verses About Putting God First!
50 Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting & Encouraging Bible Verses, Scriptures, Quotes & Passages About Putting God First. See also: Make Jesus Your First Priority; Seek God First In All You Do; Put Everything In God’s Hands.
Key Bible Verse About Putting God First:
Matthew 6:33, ESV But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Put God First In Everything You Do!
Proverbs 3:6, TLB In everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success. (God Will Crown Your Efforts With Success!)
Proverbs 16:3, ESV Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Colossians 3:1-2, ESV If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. (Put God first by setting your mind on God)
Romans 8:5, ESV For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
Matthew 6:31-33, ESV Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:19-21, ESV Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:24, ESV No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Seek God’s Approval Above All Others.
Galatians 1:10, ESV For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:4, NLT Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts. (Bible Verses About Living For God; Living For An Audience Of One)
Galatians 2:20, ESV I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
John 3:30, ESV He must increase, but I must decrease.
Matthew 22:37, ESV And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Philippians 4:13, ESV I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
1 Corinthians 10:13, ESV No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
John 15:5, ESV I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
2 Timothy 2:15, ESV Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Exodus 20:3, ESV You shall have no other gods before me.
Acts 4:12, ESV And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Luke 14:26, TLB Anyone who wants to be my follower must love me far more than he does his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters – yes, more than his own life – otherwise he cannot be my disciple.
Ephesians 4:27, ESV And give no opportunity to the devil.
James 4:7, NIV Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (10 Important Bible Verses About Submission)
James 4:8, ESV Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Psalm 46:10, ESV Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” (Let God’s Name Be Glorified In Your Life)
Put God first before others
Acts 5:29, ESV But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
2 Corinthians 8:5, NIV And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.
Romans 12:2, ESV Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Luke 12:31, NLT Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need.
John 3:16, ESV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Philippians 4:19, ESV And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Deuteronomy 6:5, ESV You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Matthew 10:37-39, ESV Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mark 12:30, ESV And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
Psalm 37:4, ESV Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 4:10, ESV Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”
Luke 14:33 TPT Likewise, unless you surrender all to me, giving up all you possess, you cannot be one of my disciples.
Proverbs 3:9-10, ESV Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.”
Psalm 27:4, ESV One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
Colossians 3:17, ESV And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
Isaiah 42:8, NLT “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.
Hebrews 11:6, ESV And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Put God First – God Has Your Best Interest At Heart!
John 10:10, ESV The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Jeremiah 29:11, NIV For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Matthew 13:44-46, ESV The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.”
2 Peter 3:9, ESV The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
2 Timothy 3:16, ESV All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
2 Timothy 3:17, ESV That the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. (Wisdom comes from God, and Our competence comes from God!)
Romans 5:8, ESV God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 3:16-17, ESV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Hebrews 12:2, ESV Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
See More On Putting God First:
#1. Bible Verses About God’s Approval, Pleasing God, Putting God First
#2. Our Purpose Is To Please God, Not People
#3. Seek God First In All You Do
#4. Put Everything In God’s Hands
#5. Commit Your Plans To God
#6. Go To God In Prayer
#7. Trusting God With Everything.
Put God First In Everything You Do.
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50 Encouraging Bible Verses About Putting God First!
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