Bible Verses about 'In the beginning'
- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
- As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
- For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
- As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction. - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. - The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding. - And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
- Who has done this and carried it through,
calling forth the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord—with the first of them
and with the last—I am he. - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise. - He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
- The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
- You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
- He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
- But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.
- “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
- We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
- “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
- Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
- Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
- Be strong and take heart,
all you who hope in the Lord. - Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
- It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in humans. - The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
- You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth. - Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. - Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart. - God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
- Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
- I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths. - Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.
- Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. - For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
- I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth. - Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
- Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end. - I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living. - I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
- And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
- If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.
- There is a way that appears to be right,
but in the end it leads to death. - For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death. - In their hearts humans plan their course,
but the Lord establishes their steps. - Fear of man will prove to be a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. - They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
- Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.