Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Foremost’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Foremost’ occurs 71 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 19:5 such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood, and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand, or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.Deuteronomy 19:5
Number of the word / term Foremost in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 17:15 And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up into the forest, and cut out space for yourself in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for you.”Joshua 17:15
Number of the word / term Foremost in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 14:25 And all the common people went into a forest, in which there was honey on the surface of the field.1 Samuel 14:25
1 Samuel 14:26 And so the people entered the forest, and there appeared flowing honey, but no one drew his hand near his mouth. For the people were afraid of the oath.1 Samuel 14:26
1 Samuel 22:5 And the prophet Gad said to David: “Do not choose to stay in the stronghold. Set out and go into the land of Judah.” And so, David set out, and he went into the forest of Hereth.1 Samuel 22:5
1 Samuel 22:6 And Saul heard that David, and the men who were with him, had been seen. Now while Saul was staying in Gibeah, and while he was in the forest that is in Ramah, holding a spear in his hand, with all his servants standing around him,1 Samuel 22:6
1 Samuel 31:13 And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.1 Samuel 31:13
Number of the word / term Foremost in 1 Samuel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 2:18 Now the three sons of Zeruiah were in that place: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was a very swift runner, like one of the deer that lives in the forest.2 Samuel 2:18
2 Samuel 17:8 And again Hushai declared, “You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.2 Samuel 17:8
2 Samuel 18:6 And so, the people departed into the field against Israel. And the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.2 Samuel 18:6
2 Samuel 18:8 Now the battle in that place was dispersed over the face of all the land. And there were many more of the people whom the forest had consumed, than the sword had devoured, on that day.2 Samuel 18:8
2 Samuel 18:17 And they took Absalom, and they threw him into a great pit in the forest. And they piled an exceedingly great heap of stones over him. But all of Israel fled to their own tents.2 Samuel 18:17
2 Samuel 21:19 Then there was a third war in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus, a son of the forest, a weaver from Bethlehem, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like the beam used by a cloth maker.2 Samuel 21:19
Number of the word / term Foremost in 2 Samuel: 6
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 7:2 And he built the house from the forest of Lebanon: one hundred cubits in length, and fifty cubits in width, and thirty cubits in height, with four walkways between columns of cedar. For he had hewn the cedar trees into columns.1 Kings 7:2
1 Kings 10:17 And for the three hundred crescent-shaped shields of tested gold, there were three hundred minas of gold covering one shield. And the king placed these in the house of the forest of Lebanon.1 Kings 10:17
1 Kings 10:21 Moreover, all the vessels from which king Solomon would drink were of gold. And all the items in the house of the forest of Lebanon were of the purest gold. There was no silver, nor was any accounting made of silver in the days of Solomon.1 Kings 10:21
Number of the word / term Foremost in 1 Kings: 3
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 2:24 And when he had looked back, he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two bears went out from the forest, and they wounded forty-two boys among them.2 Kings 2:24
2 Kings 6:2 Let us go as far as the Jordan, and let us each take from the forest a piece of timber, so that we may build for ourselves a place to live there.” And he said, “Go.”2 Kings 6:2
2 Kings 14:9 And Jehoash, the king of Israel, sent a reply to Amaziah, the king of Judah, saying: “A thistle of Lebanon sent to a cedar, which is in Lebanon, saying: ‘Give your daughter as wife to my son.’ And the beasts of the forest, which are in Lebanon, passed by and trampled the thistle.2 Kings 14:9
2 Kings 19:23 By the hand of your servants, you have reproach the Lord, and you have said: ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the summit of Lebanon. And I have cut down its sublime cedars, and its elect spruce trees. And I have entered even to its limits. And its forest of Carmel,2 Kings 19:23
Number of the word / term Foremost in 2 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 15:22 Now Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was foremost over the prophecies, in order to mark out in advance the melodies. For indeed, he was very skillful.1 Chronicles 15:22
1 Chronicles 16:33 Then the trees of the forest will give praise before the Lord. For he comes to judge the earth.1 Chronicles 16:33
1 Chronicles 20:5 Also, another war was undertaken against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus, a son of the forest, a Bethlehemite, struck the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the wood of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.1 Chronicles 20:5
Number of the word / term Foremost in 1 Chronicles: 3
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 9:16 and also three hundred gold shields, from three hundred gold pieces, which covered each shield. And the king placed them in the armory, which was situated in a forest.2 Chronicles 9:16
2 Chronicles 9:20 Also, all the vessels for the feasts of the king were of gold, and the vessels of the forest house of Lebanon were from the purest gold. For silver in those days was considered as nothing.2 Chronicles 9:20
2 Chronicles 25:18 But he sent back messengers, saying: “The thistle which is in Lebanon sent to the cedar of Lebanon, saying: ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ And behold, the beasts that were in the forest of Lebanon passed through, and they trampled the thistle.2 Chronicles 25:18
Number of the word / term Foremost in 2 Chronicles: 3
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 2:8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he may give me timber, in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I will enter.” And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me.Nehemiah 2:8
Nehemiah 11:9 And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their foremost leader. And Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the city.Nehemiah 11:9
Nehemiah 11:14 and their brothers, who were very powerful: one hundred twenty-eight. And their foremost leader was Zabdiel, the son of the powerful.Nehemiah 11:14
Nehemiah 12:42 with Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers were singing clearly, and Jezrahiah was their foremost leader.Nehemiah 12:42
Number of the word / term Foremost in Nehemiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Esther
Esther 1:14 (but first and foremost were Carshena, and Shethar, and Admatha, and Tarshish, and Meres, and Marsena, and Memucan, seven rulers of the Persians as well as the Medes, who saw the face of the king and who were accustomed to sitting down first after him,)Esther 1:14
Number of the word / term Foremost in Esther: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 50:10 For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.Psalm 50:10
Psalm 74:5 as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,Psalm 74:5
Psalm 80:13 The wild boar of the forest has trampled it, and a single wild beast has laid waste to it.Psalm 80:13
Psalm 83:14 Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains.Psalm 83:14
Psalm 96:12 The fields and all the things that are in them will be glad. Then all the trees of the forest will rejoicePsalm 96:12
Psalm 104:20 You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it.Psalm 104:20
Psalm 132:6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We discovered it in the fields of the forest.Psalm 132:6
Number of the word / term Foremost in Psalm: 7
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:6 And I dug out fishponds of water, so that I might irrigate the forest of growing trees.Ecclesiastes 2:6
Number of the word / term Foremost in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Song
Song of Solomon 2:3 Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.Song of Solomon 2:3
Number of the word / term Foremost in Song: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 7:2 And they reported to the house of David, saying: “Syria has withdrawn to Ephraim.” And his heart was shaken, with the heart of his people, just as the trees of the forest are moved by the face of the wind.Isaiah 7:2
Isaiah 9:18 For impiety has been kindled like a fire: it will devour brier and thorn, and it will burn in the dense forest, and it will be interwoven with the ascending smoke.Isaiah 9:18
Isaiah 10:18 And the glory of his forest and of his beautiful hill will be consumed, from the soul even to the flesh. And he will flee away in terror.Isaiah 10:18
Isaiah 10:19 And what remains of the trees of his forest will be so few, and so easily numbered, that even a child could write them down.Isaiah 10:19
Isaiah 10:34 And the dense forest will be overturned with iron. And Lebanon, with its exalted ones, will fall.Isaiah 10:34
Isaiah 21:13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.Isaiah 21:13
Isaiah 22:8 And the covering of Judah will be exposed, and in that day, you will see the weaponry of the forest house.Isaiah 22:8
Isaiah 29:17 In not more than a little while and a brief time, Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and a fruitful field will be considered to be a forest.Isaiah 29:17
Isaiah 32:15 until the Spirit is poured over us from on high. And the desert will be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be considered as a forest.Isaiah 32:15
Isaiah 32:19 But hail will be in the descent of the forest, and the city will be brought exceedingly low.Isaiah 32:19
Isaiah 37:24 By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord. And you have said: ‘With a multitude of my four-horse chariots, I have ascended the heights of the mountains adjoining Lebanon. And I will cut down its lofty cedars and its choice pine trees. And I will reach the top of its summit, to the forest of its Carmel.Isaiah 37:24
Isaiah 44:14 He has cut down cedars; he has taken the evergreen oak, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest. He has planted the pine tree, which the rain has nourished.Isaiah 44:14
Isaiah 44:23 Give praise, O heavens! For the Lord has shown mercy. Shout with joy, O ends of the earth! Let the mountains resound with praise, with the forest and all its trees. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and Israel will be glorified.Isaiah 44:23
Isaiah 56:9 All beasts of the field, all the beasts of the forest: approach and devour!Isaiah 56:9
Number of the word / term Foremost in Isaiah: 14
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 5:6 For this reason, a lion from the forest has struck them down, a wolf toward evening has laid waste to them, a leopard lies in wait over their cities. All who go out from there will be taken. For their transgressions have been multiplied; their rebellions have been strengthened.Jeremiah 5:6
Jeremiah 10:3 For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe.Jeremiah 10:3
Jeremiah 12:8 My inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest. It has uttered a voice against me, therefore, I have hated it.Jeremiah 12:8
Jeremiah 21:14 But I will visit against you according to the fruit of your intentions, says the Lord. And I will kindle a fire in its forest. And it shall devour everything around it.”Jeremiah 21:14
Jeremiah 46:23 They have cut down her forest, says the Lord, which was not able to be counted. They have been multiplied more than locusts, and they are without number.Jeremiah 46:23
Number of the word / term Foremost in Jeremiah: 5
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 4:2 BETH. The famous sons of Zion, and those clothed with the foremost gold: how they have become like earthen vessels, the work of the hands of a potter.Lamentations 4:2
Number of the word / term Foremost in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 20:15 And so I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, so as not to lead them into the land that I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, the foremost of all lands.Ezekiel 20:15
Ezekiel 20:40 on my holy mountain, on the exalted mountain of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel shall serve me; all of them, I say, in the land in which they shall please me, and there I will require your first-fruits, and the foremost of your tithes, with all your sanctifications.Ezekiel 20:40
Ezekiel 20:46 “Son of man, set your face against the way of the south, and pour in drops toward Africa, and prophesy against the forest of the field of the meridian.Ezekiel 20:46
Ezekiel 20:47 And you shall say to the meridian forest: Listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and I will burn up within you every green tree and every dry tree. The flame of the kindling will not be extinguished. And every face will be burned up within it, from the south, even to the north.Ezekiel 20:47
Ezekiel 31:6 And when he had extended his shadow, all the birds of the air made their nests in his branches, and all the beasts of the forest conceived their young under his foliage, and an assembly of the many peoples lived under his shadow.Ezekiel 31:6
Ezekiel 48:12 And so the foremost of the first-fruits of the land, the Holy of Holies, beside the border of the Levites, shall be for them.Ezekiel 48:12
Number of the word / term Foremost in Ezekiel: 6
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 2:12 And I will corrupt her vines and her fig trees, about which she said, ‘These rewards, they are mine, my lovers have given them to me.’ And I will place her in a narrow forest, and the beasts of the field will devour her.Hosea 2:12
Number of the word / term Foremost in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Amos
Amos 3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, unless he has prey? Will the lion’s young cry out from his den, unless he has taken something?Amos 3:4
Number of the word / term Foremost in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Micah
Micah 7:14 With your rod, pasture your people, the flock of your inheritance, living alone in the narrow forest, in the midst of Carmel. They will graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the ancient days.Micah 7:14
Number of the word / term Foremost in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 11:2 Howl, you fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the magnificent have been devastated. Howl, you oaks of Bashan, because the secure forest passage has been cut down.Zechariah 11:2
Number of the word / term Foremost in Zechariah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Foremost’ in the book James
James 3:5 So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.James 3:5
Number of the word / term ‘Foremost’ in James: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 71
