Bible Verses About Priorities
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for priorities, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,848 votes, led by Matthew 6:33. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Priorities
Matthew 6:33626 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Romans 12:2278 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Luke 12:34270 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
1 Timothy 3:5183 votes
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Exodus 20:3170 votes
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Luke 12:22-34167 votes
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
Luke 10:38-42135 votes
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Deuteronomy 6:5123 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Mark 8:36-37111 votes
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Psalms 90:1289 votes
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Matthew 6:2486 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
John 14:1583 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Proverbs 24:2767 votes
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Matthew 22:37-3862 votes
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.
Micah 6:860 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Proverbs 21:2156 votes
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Philippians 4:6-852 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Colossians 3:246 votes
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Mark 12:28-3145 votes
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
Matthew 5:643 votes
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
1 Timothy 2:1-241 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 Timothy 2:2239 votes
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Mark 12:3138 votes
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Haggai 1:9-1136 votes
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
1 Timothy 4:836 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
What does the Bible say about priorities?
Readers most often cite Matthew 6:33 on the subject of priorities. Across 3,848 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 12:2, Luke 12:34, 1 Timothy 3:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.