Bible Verses about “the beginning”
The Bible contains 44 verses about the beginning across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
“So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
“¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
“¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.”
“Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
“¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
“And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.”
“¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
“¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:”
“¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”
“And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”
“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”
“¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
“¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.”
“And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.”
“And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”
“And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”
“¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”
“And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.”
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
“¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
“And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,”
“And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.”
“And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”
“And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.”
“And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.”
“¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.”
“And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.”
“And the evening and the morning were the third day.”
“And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.”
“And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”
“And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;”
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.”
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.”
“[It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”
“[They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.”
“The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.”
“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.”