John 1:2Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, returned from Moab. They reached Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Psalms 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom those who keep it are wise indeed. His praise abides for ever and ever.

Matthew 14:30

but, when he felt the wind, he was frightened, and, beginning to sink, cried out, ‘Master! Save me!’

Matthew 19:4

‘Haven’t you read,’ replied Jesus, ‘that at the beginning the Creator “made them male and female,”

Matthew 19:8

‘Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts,’ answered Jesus, ‘permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.