"First verses" of the King James Bible
1. (Gen 1:1 KJV) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2. (Exo 1:1 KJV) Now these are the names
of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household
came with Jacob.
3. (Lev 1:1 KJV) And the LORD called unto
Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
4. (Num 1:1 KJV) And the LORD spake unto
Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation,
on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were
come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
5. (Deu 1:1 KJV) These be the words which
Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the
plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and
Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
6. (Josh 1:1 KJV) Now after the death
of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto
Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
7. (Judg 1:1 KJV) Now after the death
of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying,
Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
8. (Ruth 1:1 KJV) Now it came to pass
in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And
a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he,
and his wife, and his two sons.
9. (1 Sam 1:1 KJV) Now there was a certain
man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son
of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
10. (2 Sam 1:1 KJV) Now it came to pass
after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the
Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
11. (1 Ki 1:1 KJV) Now king David was
old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat
no heat.
12. (2 Ki 1:1 KJV) Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
13. (1 Chr 1:1 KJV) Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
14. (2 Chr 1:1 KJV) And Solomon the son
of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him,
and magnified him exceedingly.
15. (Ezra 1:1 KJV) Now in the first year
of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in
writing, saying,
16. (Neh 1:1 KJV) The words of Nehemiah
the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth
year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
17. (Est 1:1 KJV) Now it came to pass in the
days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto
Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
18. (Job 1:1 KJV) There was a man in the land
of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one
that feared God, and eschewed evil.
19. (Psa 1:1 KJV) Blessed is the man that
walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
20. (Prov 1:1 KJV) The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
21. (Eccl 1:1 KJV) The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
22. (Song 1:1 KJV) The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
23. (Isa 1:1 KJV) The vision of Isaiah
the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days
of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
24. (Jer 1:1 KJV) The words of Jeremiah
the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
25. (Lam 1:1 KJV) How doth the city sit
solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that
was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she
become tributary!
26. (Ezek 1:1 KJV) Now it came to pass
in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month,
as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were
opened, and I saw visions of God.
27. (Dan 1:1 KJV) In the third year of
the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
28. (Hosea 1:1 KJV) The word of the LORD
that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz,
and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash,
king of Israel.
29. (Joel 1:1 KJV) The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
30. (Amos 1:1 KJV) The words of Amos,
who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the
days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash
king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
31. (Oba 1:1 KJV) The vision of Obadiah.
Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the
LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise
up against her in battle.
32. (Jonah 1:1 KJV) Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
33. (Micah 1:1 KJV) The word of the LORD
that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
34. (Nahum 1:1 KJV) The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
35. (Hab 1:1 KJV) The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
36. (Zep 1:1 KJV) The word of the LORD
which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son
of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king
of Judah.
37. (Hag 1:1 KJV) In the second year of
Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came
the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
38. (Zec 1:1 KJV) In the eighth month,
in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the
son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
39. (Mal 1:1 KJV) The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
40. (Mat 1:1 KJV) The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
41. (Mark 1:1 KJV) The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
42. (Luke 1:1 KJV) Forasmuch as many have
taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are
most surely believed among us,
43. (John 1:1 KJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
44. (Acts 1:1 KJV) The former treatise
have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
45. (Rom 1:1 KJV) Paul, a servant of Jesus
Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
46. (1 Cor 1:1 KJV) Paul, called to be
an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
47. (2 Cor 1:1 KJV) Paul, an apostle of
Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church
of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
48. (Gal 1:1 KJV) Paul, an apostle, (not
of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised
him from the dead;)
49. (Eph 1:1 KJV) Paul, an apostle of
Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and
to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
50. (Phil 1:1 KJV) Paul and Timotheus,
the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are
at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
51. (Col 1:1 KJV) Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
52. (1 Th 1:1 KJV) Paul, and Silvanus,
and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father
and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
53. (2 Th 1:1 KJV) Paul, and Silvanus,
and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ:
54. (1 Tim 1:1 KJV) Paul, an apostle of
Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ,
which is our hope;
55. (2 Tim 1:1 KJV) Paul, an apostle of
Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is
in Christ Jesus,
56. (Titus 1:1 KJV) Paul, a servant of
God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect,
and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
57. (Phile 1:1 KJV) Paul, a prisoner of
Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved,
and fellowlabourer,
58. (Heb 1:1 KJV) God, who at sundry times
and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
59. (James 1:1 KJV) James, a servant of
God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered
abroad, greeting.
60. (1 Pet 1:1 KJV) Peter, an apostle
of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, and Bithynia,
61. (2 Pet 1:1 KJV) Simon Peter, a servant
and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious
faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
62. (1 John 1:1 KJV) That which was from
the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which
we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
63. (2 John 1:1 KJV) The elder unto the
elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but
also all they that have known the truth;
64. (3 John 1:1 KJV) The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
65. (Jude 1:1 KJV) Jude, the servant of
Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the
Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
66. (Rev 1:1 KJV) The Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must
shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his
servant John: