Bible Verses About Putting God First
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for putting god first, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 30,869 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 Putting God First
Matthew 6:331,987 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 6:31-331,192 votes
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Proverbs 16:31,162 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Matthew 6:19-211,109 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 6:241,076 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.
Galatians 2:20959 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
John 3:30889 votes
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Colossians 3:1-4807 votes
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Romans 8:5662 votes
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Matthew 22:37634 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.
1 Corinthians 10:13580 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Philippians 4:13553 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
John 15:5523 votes
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Proverbs 3:1-35511 votes
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 3:6501 votes
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Exodus 20:1-3450 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Romans 14:1-23439 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 Timothy 2:15405 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Luke 14:26392 votes
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Ephesians 4:27377 votes
Neither give place to the devil.
Psalms 46:10360 votes
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
2 Corinthians 8:5356 votes
And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
James 4:4-8345 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
2 Peter 3:9315 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
John 3:16304 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about putting god first?
Readers most often cite Matthew 6:33 on the subject of putting god first. Across 30,869 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:31-33, Proverbs 16:3, Matthew 6:19-21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.