Haller's Concordance for THE HOLY BIBLE: Douay-Rheims: Haller's Concordance: THAN

Haller's Concordance: THAN

¤ Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? Gen. 3:1
And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon. Gen. 4:13
The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered. Gen. 7:20
What if there be five less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city: And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty. Gen. 18:28
But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as a stranger, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And they pressed very violently upon Lot: and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors. Gen. 19:9
Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we. Gen. 26:16
Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me. Gen. 29:19
And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. Gen. 37:4
But he acknowledging the gifts, said: She is juster than I: because I did not give her to Sela, my son. However he knew her no more. Gen. 38:26
He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual? Gen. 40:7
But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become a people, and shall be multiplied; but his younger brother shall be greater than he; and his seed shall grow into nations. Gen. 48:19
His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. Gen. 49:12
And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we. Ex. 1:9
And when they returned to Raguel their father, he said to them: Why are ye come sooner than usual? Ex. 2:18
But if the number be less than may suffice to eat the lamb, he shall take unto him his neighbour that joineth to his house, according to the number of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb. Ex. 12:4
Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying: Depart from us, that we may serve the Egyptians? for it was much better to serve them, than to die in the wilderness. Ex. 14:12
Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary. Ex. 36:5
And if he see the leprosy in his skin, and the hair turned white and the place where the leprosy appears lower than the skin and the rest of the flesh: it is the stroke of the leprosy, and upon his judgment he shall be separated. Lev. 13:3
But if there be a shining whiteness in the skin, and not lower than the other flesh, and the hair be of the former colour, the priest shall shut him up seven days. Lev. 13:4
And when he shall see the place of the leprosy lower than the other flesh, and the hair turned white: he shall declare him unclean, for the plague of leprosy is broken out in the ulcer. Lev. 13:20
But if the hair be of the former colour, and the scar somewhat obscure, and be not lower than the flesh that is near it: he shall shut him up seven days. Lev. 13:21
The priest shall view it, and if he see it turned white, and the place thereof is lower than the other skin: he shall declare him unclean, because the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar. Lev. 13:25
But if the colour of the hair be not changed, nor the blemish lower than the other flesh, and the appearance of the leprosy be somewhat obscure: he shall shut him up seven days, Lev. 13:26
And if the place be lower than the other flesh, and the hair yellow, and thinner than usual: he shall declare them unclean, because it is the leprosy of the head and the beard; Lev. 13:30
If on the seventh day the evil seem to have stayed in its place, and not lower than the other flesh, he shall cleanse him: and his clothes being washed he shall be clean. Lev. 13:34
And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all the rest: Lev. 14:37
Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest. Fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee. Lev. 25:36
But the others, that had been with him, said: No, we are not able to go up to this people, because they are stronger than we. Num. 13:31
I will strike them therefore with pestilence, and will consume them: but thee I will make a ruler over a great nation, and a mightier than this is. Num. 14:12
Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is mightier than I: if by any means I may beat them and drive them out of my land: for I know that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed, and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed. Num. 22:6
Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before: Num. 22:15
The angel said: Go with these men, and see thou speak no other thing than what I shall command thee. He went therefore with the princes. Num. 22:35
Whither shall we go up? the messengers have terrified our hearts, saying: The multitude is very great, and taller than we: the cities are great, and walled up to the sky, we have seen the sons of the Enacims there. Dt. 1:28
To destroy at thy coming very great nations, and stronger than thou art, and to bring thee in, and give thee their land for a possession, as thou seest at this present day. Dt. 4:38
¤ When the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, which thou art going in to possess, and shall have destroyed many nations before thee, the Hethite, and the Gergezite, and the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, seven nations much more numerous than thou art, and stronger than thou: Dt. 7:1
If thou say in thy heart: These nations are more than I, how shall I be able to destroy them? Dt. 7:17
¤ Hear, O Israel: Thou shalt go over the Jordan this day; to possess nations very great, and stronger than thyself, cities great, and walled up to the sky, Dt. 9:1
Let me alone that I may destroy them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and set thee over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this. Dt. 9:14
The Lord will destroy all these nations before your face, and you shall possess them, which are greater and stronger than you. Dt. 11:23
¤ If thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy's army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them: because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Dt. 20:1
And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground, Dt. 21:3
And to make thee higher than all nations which he hath created, to his own praise, and name, and glory: that thou mayst be a holy people of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. Dt. 26:19
¤ Now if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to do and keep all his commandments, which I command thee this day, the Lord thy God will make thee higher than all the nations that are on the earth. Dt. 28:1
And will take thee to himself, and bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it: and blessing thee, he will make thee more numerous than were thy fathers. Dt. 30:5
He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was a great city, and one of the royal cities, and greater than the town of Hai, and all its fighting men were most valiant. Josu. 10:2
And when they were fleeing from the children of Israel, and were in the descent of Bethoron, the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven, as far as Azeca: and many more were killed with the hailstones, than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel, Josu. 10:11
But after the judge was dead, they returned, and did much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them, and adoring them. They left not their own inventions, and the stubborn way, by which they were accustomed to walk. Judg. 2:19
One that was wiser than the rest of his wives, returned this answer to her mother in law: Judg. 5:29
And he answered them: What could I have done like to that which you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages of Abiezer? Judg. 8:2
Unless, perhaps, thou art better than Balac, the son of Sephor, king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel, and fought against him, Judg. 11:25
And they, on the seventh day before the sun went down, said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle. Judg. 14:18
I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her. Judg. 15:2
He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude, that was there: and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life. Judg. 16:30
And so they went on the journey they had begun. But Michas seeing that they were stronger than he, returned to his house. Judg. 18:26
Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I. Ruth 3:12
And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons. Ruth 4:15
Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children? 1 Ki. 1:8
Why have you kicked away my victims, and my gifts which I commanded to be offered in the temple: and thou hast rather honoured thy sons than me, to eat the firstfruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel? 1 Ki. 2:29
And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people. 1 Ki. 9:2
And they ran and fetched him thence: and he stood in the midst of the people, and he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders and upward. 1 Ki. 10:23
And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams. 1 Ki. 15:22
And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee. 1 Ki. 15:28
And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very famous. 1 Ki. 18:30
And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee: for if I should certainly know that evil is determined by my father against thee, I could do no otherwise than tell thee. 1 Ki. 20:9
And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil. 1 Ki. 24:17
Saul and Jonathan, lovely, and comely in their life, even in death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions. 2 Ki. 1:23
And David said to Michol: Before the Lord, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, and commanded me to be ruler over the people of the Lord in Israel, 2 Ki. 6:21
I will both play and make myself meaner than I have done: and I will be little in my own eyes: and with the handmaids of whom thou speakest, I shall appear more glorious. 2 Ki. 6:22
Then Ammon hated her with an exceeding great hatred: so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before. And Ammon said to her: Arise, and get thee gone. 2 Ki. 13:15
She answered him: This evil which now thou dost against me, in driving me away, is greater than that which thou didst before. And he would not hearken to her: 2 Ki. 13:16
And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. 2 Ki. 17:14
And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day. 2 Ki. 18:8
Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants: for I swear to thee by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth, there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night: and that will be worse to thee, than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now. 2 Ki. 19:7
For all of my father's house were no better than worthy of death before my lord the king; and thou hast set me thy servant among the guests of thy table: what just complaint therefore have I? or what right to cry any more to the king? 2 Ki. 19:28
And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said: I have ten parts in the king more than thou, and David belongeth to me more than to thee: why hast thou done me a wrong, and why was it not told me first, that I might bring back my king? And the men of Juda answered more harshly than the men of Israel. 2 Ki. 19:43
And David said to Abisai: Now will Seba the son of Bochri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou therefore the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he find fenced cities, and escape us. 2 Ki. 20:6
And David said to Gad: I am in a great strait: but it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men. 2 Ki. 24:14
As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, so be he with Solomon, and make his throne higher than the throne of my lord king David. 3 Ki. 1:37
And the king's servants going in, have blessed our lord king David, saying: May God make the name of Solomon greater than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king adored in his bed: 3 Ki. 1:47
And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head; because he murdered two men, just and better than himself: and slew them with the sword, my father, David, not knowing it; Abner, the son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether general of the army of Juda; 3 Ki. 2:32
And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda, the sons of Mahol, and he was renowned in all nations round about. 3 Ki. 4:31
And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father. 3 Ki. 12:10
And he planted a grove: and Achab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 3 Ki. 16:33
And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers. 3 Ki. 19:4
Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean? So as he turned, and was going away with indignation, 4 Ki. 5:12
But he answered: Fear not: for there are more with us than with them. 4 Ki. 6:16
And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought them low as dust by threshing in the barnfloor. 4 Ki. 13:7
But they hearkened not: but were seduced by Manasses, to do evil more than the nations which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel. 4 Ki. 21:9
And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow. 1 Par. 4:9
And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants: why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel? 1 Par. 21:3
And David said to Gad: I am on every side in a great strait: but it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men. 1 Par. 21:13
And there were found many more of the sons of Eleazar among the principal men, than of the sons of Ithamar. And he divided them so, that there were of the sons of Eleazar, sixteen chief men by their families: and of the sons of Ithamar eight by their families and houses. 1 Par. 24:4
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, and that she asked, and many more things than she brought to him: so she returned, and went to her own country with her servants. 2 Par. 9:12
Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee. 2 Par. 10:4
But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease it: thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father. 2 Par. 10:10
Because he was wiser and mightier than all his sons, and in all the countries of Juda, and of Benjamin, and in all the walled cities: and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he sought many wives. 2 Par. 11:23
But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself, 2 Par. 21:13
And Amasias said to the man of God: What will then become of the hundred talents which I have given to the soldiers of Israel? and the man of God answered him: The Lord is rich enough to be able to give thee much more than this. 2 Par. 25:9
But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Levites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified, for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests. 2 Par. 29:34
For a great part of the people from Ephraim, and Manasses, and Issachar, and Zabulon, that had not been sanctified, ate the phase otherwise than it is written: and Ezechias prayed for them, saying: The Lord who is good will shew mercy, 2 Par. 30:18
Behave like men, and take courage: be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of the Assyrians, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there are many more with us than with him. 2 Par. 32:7
And when he was younger than any of the tribe of Nephtali, yet did he no childish thing in his work. Tob. 1:4
But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them. Tob. 2:9
And now, O Lord, do with me according to thy will, and command my spirit to be received in peace: for it is better for me to die, than to live. Tob. 3:6
And when the third night is past, thou shalt take the virgin with the fear of the Lord, moved rather for love of children than for lust, that in the seed of Abraham thou mayst obtain a blessing in children. Tob. 6:22
Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold. Tob. 12:8
Let thy indignation towards us cease, for it is better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery. Jud. 3:2
Nevertheless there were springs not far from the walls, out of which they were seen secretly to draw water, to refresh themselves a little rather than to drink their fill. Jud. 7:7
For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes. Jud. 7:16
But esteeming these very punishments to be less than our sins deserve, let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which like servants we are chastised, have happened for our amendment, and not for our destruction. Jud. 8:27
If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place. Esther 1:19
And the king loved her more than all the women, and she had favour and kindness before him above all the women, and he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vasthi. Esther 2:17
He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all the Jews: Esther 4:13
Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker? Job 4:17
My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope. Job 7:6
My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. Job 9:25
That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth. Job 11:6
He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know? Job 11:8
The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Job 11:9
There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers. Job 15:10
Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars? Job 22:12
Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning. Job 23:2
Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. Job 33:12
Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God? Job 35:2
Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee. Job 35:5
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air. Job 35:11
And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. Job 42:12
Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: Ps. 8:5
More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. Ps. 19:10
All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him. Ps. 35:10
Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked. Ps. 37:16
But my enemies live, and are stronger than I: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. Ps. 38:19
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. Ps. 51:7
Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness. Ps. 52:3
They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts. Ps. 55:21
For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips shall praise. Ps. 63:3
And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs. Ps. 69:31
For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners. Ps. 84:10
It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man. Ps. 118:8
It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in princes. Ps. 118:9
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me. Ps. 119:98
I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation. Ps. 119:99
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth. Ps. 119:103
Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Ps. 142:6
The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: Pr. 3:14
She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her. Pr. 3:15
For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil. Pr. 5:3
Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold. Pr. 8:10
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it. Pr. 8:11
For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver. Pr. 8:19
Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread. Pr. 12:9
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content. Pr. 15:16
It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred. Pr. 15:17
Every proud man is an abomination to the Lord: though hand should be joined to hand, he is not innocent. The beginning of a good way is to do justice: and this is more acceptable with God, than to offer sacrifices. Pr. 16:5
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity. Pr. 16:8
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver. Pr. 16:16
It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud. Pr. 16:19
The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh cities. Pr. 16:32
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife. Pr. 17:1
A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool. Pr. 17:10
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly. Pr. 17:12
A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother. Pr. 18:24
Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise. Pr. 19:1
A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man. Pr. 19:22
To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims. Pr. 21:3
It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. Pr. 21:9
It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman. Pr. 21:19
A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold. Pr. 22:1
For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince. Pr. 25:7
It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. Pr. 25:24
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him. Pr. 26:12
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences. Pr. 26:16
A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both. Pr. 27:3
Open rebuke is better than hidden love. Pr. 27:5
Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy. Pr. 27:6
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off. Pr. 27:10
Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways. Pr. 28:6
He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him. Pr. 28:23
Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment. Pr. 29:20
There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise. Pr. 30:24
For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned. Eccl. 2:16
And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life. Eccl. 3:12
Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity. Eccl. 3:19
And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him? Eccl. 3:22
And I praised the dead rather than the living: Eccl. 4:2
And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun. Eccl. 4:3
Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind. Eccl. 4:6
It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society: Eccl. 4:9
Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter. Eccl. 4:13
¤ Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do. Eccl. 5:1
And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised. Eccl. 5:5
If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these: Eccl. 5:8
If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he. Eccl. 6:3
What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life? Eccl. 6:8
Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit. Eccl. 6:9
He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself. Eccl. 6:10
¤ A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Eccl. 7:1
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come. Eccl. 7:2
Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected. Eccl. 7:3
It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools. Eccl. 7:5
Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous. Eccl. 7:8
Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish. Eccl. 7:10
Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid. Eccl. 7:16
Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city. Eccl. 7:19
Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out? Eccl. 7:24
And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her. Eccl. 7:26
There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion. Eccl. 9:4
And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard? Eccl. 9:16
The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools. Eccl. 9:17
Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things. Eccl. 9:18
¤ Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly. Eccl. 10:1
More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh. Eccl. 12:12
Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine, Cant. 1:2
Draw me: we will run after thee to the odour of thy ointments. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, remembering thy breasts more than wine: the righteous love thee. Cant. 1:4
How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! thy breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the sweet smell of thy ointments above all aromatical spices. Cant. 4:10
¤ Wisdom is better than strength: and a wise man is better than a strong man. Wis. 6:1
For wisdom is more active than all active things; and reacheth everywhere, by reason of her purity. Wis. 7:24
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of the stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it. Wis. 7:29
And if riches be desired in life, what is richer than wisdom, which maketh all things? Wis. 8:5
And if sense do work: who is a more artful worker than she of those things that are? Wis. 8:6
She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all. Wis. 10:12
With whose beauty, if they, being delighted, took them to be gods: let them know how much the Lord of them is more beautiful than they: for the first author of beauty made all those things. Wis. 13:3
Or if they admired their power, and their effects, let them understand by them, that he that made them, is mightier than they: Wis. 13:4
¤ Again, another designing to sail, and beginning to make his voyage through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more frail than the wood that carrieth him. Wis. 14:1
For his heart is ashes, and his hope vain earth and his life more base than clay: Wis. 15:10
For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never. Wis. 15:17
Moreover, they worship also the vilest creatures: but things without sense, compared to these, are worse than they. Wis. 15:18
But over them only was spread a heavy night, an image of that darkness which was to come upon them. But they were to themselves more grievous than the darkness. Wis. 17:20
For they exercised a more detestable inhospitality than any: others indeed received not strangers unknown to them, but these brought their guests into bondage that had deserved well of them. Wis. 19:13
And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother. Sir. 4:11
Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost. Sir. 8:15
But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud? Sir. 10:9
There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels. Sir. 10:10
The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God. Sir. 10:27
Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread. Sir. 10:30
He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself. Sir. 13:2
There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness: Sir. 14:6
For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children. Sir. 16:3
And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children. Sir. 16:4
Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard. Sir. 16:6
What is brighter than the sun; yet it shall be eclipsed. Or what is more wicked than that which flesh and blood hath invented? and this shall be reproved. Sir. 17:30
Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift. Sir. 18:16
Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man. Sir. 18:17
Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High. Sir. 19:21
¤ How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer. Sir. 20:1
A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction. Sir. 20:27
Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. Sir. 20:33
For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death. Sir. 22:12
What is heavier than lead? and what other name hath he but fool? Sir. 22:17
Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish and wicked. Sir. 22:18
And he knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are far brighter than the sun, beholding round about all the ways of men, and the bottom of the deep, and looking into the hearts of men, into the most hidden parts. Sir. 23:28
And they that remain shall know, that there is nothing better than the fear of God: and that there is nothing sweeter than to have regard to the commandments of the Lord. Sir. 23:37
For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean. Sir. 24:39
There is no head worse than the head of a serpent: Sir. 25:22
And there is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman. Sir. 25:23
And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death. Sir. 26:7
Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold. Sir. 29:14
Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear: Sir. 29:16
Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house. Sir. 29:28
Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils. Sir. 30:14
Health of the soul in holiness of justice, is better than all gold and silver: and a sound body, than immense revenues. Sir. 30:15
Better is death than a bitter life, and everlasting rest, than continual sickness. Sir. 30:17
What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see. Sir. 31:15
For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children. Sir. 33:22
The belly will devour all meat, yet one is better than another. Sir. 36:20
A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another. Sir. 36:23
And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it. Sir. 37:17
The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit in a high place to watch. Sir. 37:18
It is not to be said: This is worse than that: for all shall be well approved in their time. Sir. 39:40
Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields. Sir. 40:22
Brethren are a help in the time of trouble, but mercy shall deliver more than they. Sir. 40:24
My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. Sir. 40:29
Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great. Sir. 41:15
Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. Sir. 41:18
For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach. Sir. 42:14
There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a few of his works. Sir. 43:36
Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he. Sir. 48:13
A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold. Isa. 13:12
We have heard of the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his pride and his arrogancy, and his indignation is more than his strength. Isa. 16:6
¤ Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord. Isa. 54:1
I will give to them in my house, and within my walls, a place, and a name better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name which shall never perish. Isa. 56:5
Behold he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles: woe unto us, for we are laid waste. Jer. 4:13
O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return. Jer. 5:3
And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers. Jer. 7:26
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all that shall remain of this wicked kindred in all places, which are left, to which I have cast them out, saith the Lord of hosts. Jer. 8:3
And you also have done worse than your fathers: for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me. Jer. 16:12
Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I am deceived: thou hast been stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I am become a laughingstock all the day, all scoff at me. Jer. 20:7
For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and delivered him out of the hand of one that was mightier than he. Jer. 31:11
And Jeremias took another volume, and gave it to Baruch the son of Nerias the scribe: who wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the book which Joakim the king of Juda had burnt with fire: and there were added besides many more words than had been before. Jer. 36:32
Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of the brick wall: because he hath done more than he could, therefore they have perished. Jer. 48:36
Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took nothing in her. Lam. 4:6
Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire. Lam. 4:7
Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood. Lam. 4:8
Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth. Lam. 4:9
Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness. Lam. 4:19
Neither are these gods of wood, and of stone, and laid over with gold, and with silver, able to deliver themselves from thieves or robbers: they that are stronger than them, Bar. 6:56
Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power: or else a profitable vessel in the house, with which the owner thereof will be well satisfied: or a door in the house, to keep things safe that are therein, than such false gods. Bar. 6:58
Beasts are better than they, which can fly under a covert, and help themselves. Bar. 6:67
They are no better than a white thorn in a garden, upon which every bird sitteth. In like manner also their gods of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth in the dark. Bar. 6:70
Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads. Ezec. 3:8
And she hath despised my judgments, so as to be more wicked than the Gentiles; and my commandments, more than the countries that are round about her: for they have cast off my judgments, and have not walked in my commandments. Ezec. 5:6
And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man: but turn thee again, thou shalt see greater abominations than these. Ezec. 8:15
But neither hast thou walked in their ways, nor hast thou done a little less than they according to their wickednesses: thou hast done almost more wicked things than they in all thy ways. Ezec. 16:47
Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion, thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sins, doing more wickedly than they: for they are justified above thee, therefore be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, thou that hast justified thy sisters. Ezec. 16:52
And when her sister Ooliba saw this, she was mad with lust more than she: and she carried her fornication beyond the fornication of her sister. Ezec. 23:11
Behold thou art wiser than Daniel: no secret is hid from thee. Ezec. 28:3
The cedars in the paradise of God were not higher than he, the fir trees did not equal his top, neither were the plane trees to be compared with him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty. Ezec. 31:8
And I will make you abound with men and with beasts: and they shall be multiplied, and increased: and I will settle you as from the beginning, and will give you greater gifts, than you had from the beginning: and you shall know that I am the Lord. Ezec. 36:11
And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel: I fear my lord, the king, who hath appointed you meat and drink: who if he should see your faces leaner than those of the other youths, your equals, you shall endanger my head to the king. Dan. 1:10
And after ten days, their faces appeared fairer and fatter than all the children that ate of the king's meat. Dan. 1:15
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the diviners, and wise men, that were in all his kingdom. Dan. 1:20
To me also this secret is revealed, not by any wisdom that I have more than all men alive: but that the interpretation might be made manifest to the king, and thou mightest know the thoughts of thy mind. Dan. 2:30
But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord. Dan. 13:23
And him indeed we could not take, because he was stronger than us, and opening the doors, he leaped out: Dan. 13:39
Then was Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the countenance of his face was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated. Dan. 3:19
For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation, and are brought low in all the earth this day for our sins. Dan. A:14
And concerning the ten horns that he had on his head: and concerning the other that came up, before which three horns fell: and of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and was greater than the rest. Dan. 7:20
And thus he said: The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be greater than all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. Dan. 7:23
And the ten horns of the same kingdom, shall be ten kings: and another shall rise up after them, and he shall be mightier than the former, and he shall bring down three kings. Dan. 7:24
And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold a ram stood before the water, having two high horns, and one higher than the other, and growing up. Afterward Dan. 8:3
And his power shall be strengthened, but not by his own force: and he shall lay all things waste, and shall prosper, and do more than can be believed. And he shall destroy the mighty, and the people of the saints, Dan. 8:24
For the king of the north shall return, and shall prepare a multitude much greater than before: and in the end of times, and years, he shall come in haste with a great army, and much riches. Dan. 11:13
And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them: and she shall seek them, and shall not find, and she shall say: I will go, and return to my first husband: because it was better with me then than now. Osee 2:7
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts. Osee 6:6
Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border. Amso 6:2
And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live. Jonas 4:3
And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with the heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, and said: It is better for me to die than to live. Jonas 4:8
And shall I not spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons, that know not how to distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts? Jonas 4:11
Art thou better than the populous Alexandria, that dwelleth among the rivers? waters are round about it: the sea is its riches: the waters are its walls. Nah. 3:8
Their horses are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat. Hab. 1:8
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself? Hab. 1:13
Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. Agg. 2:9
And many of the people of Israel determined with themselves, that they would not eat unclean things: and they chose rather to die, than to be defiled with unclean meats: 1 Ma. 1:65
And he feared that he should not have as formerly enough for charges and gifts, which he had given before with a liberal hand: for he had abounded more than the kings that had been before him. 1 Ma. 3:30
For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies: 1 Ma. 3:59
And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them. 1 Ma. 6:27
And Eleazar, the son of Saura, saw one of the beasts harnessed with the king's harness: and it was higher than the other beasts; and it seemed to him that the king was on it: 1 Ma. 6:43
And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and they that were with him, did to the children of Israel, much more than the Gentiles. 1 Ma. 7:23
And they saw the multitude of the army that they were many, and they were seized with great fear: and many withdrew themselves out of the camp, and there remained of them no more than eight hundred men. 1 Ma. 9:6
Now Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius were come again with a greater army than before to fight against him. 1 Ma. 12:24
And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren. 1 Ma. 13:5
But he being recommended to the king, when he had magnified the appearance of his power, got the high priesthood for himself, by offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver. 2 Ma. 4:24
Now when there was gone forth a false rumour as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason taking with him no fewer than a thousand men, suddenly assaulted the city: and though the citizens ran together to the wall, the city at length was taken, and Menelaus fled into the castle. 2 Ma. 5:5
He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there: 2 Ma. 5:22
And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest. 2 Ma. 5:23
But he, choosing rather a most glorious death than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the torment. 2 Ma. 6:19
But one of them, who was the eldest, said thus: What wouldst thou ask, or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of God, received from our fathers. 2 Ma. 7:2
Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked. 2 Ma. 7:39
And he with all speed sent Nicanor, the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, giving him no fewer than twenty thousand armed men of different nations, to root out the whole race of the Jews, joining also with him Gorgias, a good soldier, and of great experience in matters of war. 2 Ma. 8:9
And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand. 2 Ma. 10:17
And having good success in arms, and in all things he took in hand, he slew more than twenty thousand in the two holds. 2 Ma. 10:23
Which when they had consented to, according to the common decree of the city, suspecting nothing, because of the peace: when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no fewer than two hundred of them. 2 Ma. 12:4
But the king, with his mind full of rage, came on to shew himself worse to the Jews than his father was. 2 Ma. 13:9
Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth. 2 Ma. 14:42
So fighting with their hands, but praying to the Lord with their hearts, they slew no less than five and thirty thousand, being greatly cheered with the presence of God. 2 Ma. 15:27
I indeed baptize you in water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire. Mt. 3:11
For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Mt. 5:20
And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell. Mt. 5:29
And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell. Mt. 5:30
Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment? Mt. 6:25
Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they? Mt. 6:26
Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. Mt. 10:15
Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows. Mt. 10:31
He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. Mt. 10:37
But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea I tell you, and more than a prophet. Mt. 11:9
Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Mt. 11:11
But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. Mt. 11:22
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee. Mt. 11:24
But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple. Mt. 12:6
How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days. Mt. 12:12
The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here. Mt. 12:41
The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here. Mt. 12:42
Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation. Mt. 12:45
Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof. Mt. 13:32
And if thy hand, or thy foot, scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. Mt. 18:8
And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. Mt. 18:9
And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not astray. Mt. 18:13
And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Mt. 19:24
Again he sent other servants, more than the former; and they did to them in like manner. Mt. 21:36
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte. And when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves. Mt. 23:15
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels? Mt. 26:53
Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day: lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away and say to the people: He is risen from the dead. And the last error shall be worse than the first. Mt. 27:64
And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. Mk. 1:7
It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth: Mk. 4:31
And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof. Mk. 4:32
And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire: Mk. 9:43
And if thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter lame into life everlasting than having two feet to be cast into the hell of unquenchable fire: Mk. 9:45
And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom of God than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire: Mk. 9:47
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Mk. 10:25
And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. Mk. 12:31
And that he should be loved with the whole heart and with the whole understanding and with the whole soul and with the whole strength. And to love one's neighbour as one's self is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices. Mk. 12:33
And calling his disciples together, he saith to them: Amen I say to you, this poor widow hath cast in more than all they who have cast into the treasury. Mk. 12:43
For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. Mk. 14:5
But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed you. Lk. 3:13
John answered, saying unto all: I indeed baptize you with water: but there shall come one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire; Lk. 3:16
But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. Lk. 7:26
For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God is greater than he. Lk. 7:28
But he said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless perhaps, we should go and buy food for all this multitude. Lk. 9:13
I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom than for that city. Lk. 10:12
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. Lk. 10:14
But if a stronger than he come upon him and overcome him, he will take away all his armour wherein he trusted and will distribute his spoils. Lk. 11:22
Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself: and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Lk. 11:26
The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation and shall condemn them: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold more than Solomon here. Lk. 11:31
The men of Ninive shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it; Because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold more than Jonas here. Lk. 11:32
Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. Lk. 12:7
The life is more than the meat: and the body is more than the raiment. Lk. 12:23
Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they? Lk. 12:24
When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him: Lk. 14:8
I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. Lk. 15:7
And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. Lk. 16:8
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fall. Lk. 16:17
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones. Lk. 17:2
I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Lk. 18:14
For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Lk. 18:25
And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all. Lk. 21:3
Jesus answered and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, thou believest: greater things than these shalt thou see. Jn. 1:50
And this is the judgment: Because the light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. Jn. 3:19
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Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle? Jn. 4:12
For the Father loveth the Son and sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may wonder. Jn. 5:20
But I have a greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to perfect, the works themselves which I do, give testimony of me, that the Father hath sent me. Jn. 5:36
But of the people many believed in him and said: When the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles than these which this man doth? Jn. 7:31
Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? Jn. 8:53
That which my Father hath given me is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father. Jn. 10:29
For they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God. Jn. 12:43
Amen, amen, I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord: neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him. Jn. 13:16
Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do: and greater than these shall he do. Because I go to the Father: Jn. 14:12
You have heard that I said to you: I go away, and I come unto you. If you loved me you would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father: for the Father is greater than I. Jn. 14:28
Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Jn. 15:13
Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. Jn. 15:20
When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. Jn. 21:15
But Peter and John answering, said to them: If it be just, in the sight of God, to hear you rather than God, judge ye. Acts 4:19
But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God rather than men. Acts 5:29
For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things: Acts 15:28
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness, daily searching the scriptures, whether these things were so. Acts 17:11
And God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles. Acts 19:11
But I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course and the ministry of the word which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Acts 20:24
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive. Acts 20:35
And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy. Acts 23:13
But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee. Acts 23:21
And having tarried among them no more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day, he sat in the judgment seat and commanded Paul to be brought. Acts 25:6
But being aided by the help of God, I stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other thing than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come to pass: Acts 26:22
But the centurion believed the pilot and the master of the ship, more than those things which were said by Paul. Acts 27:11
Who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. Rom. 1:25
For I say, by the grace that is given me, to all that are among you, not to be more wise than it behoveth to be wise, but to be wise unto sobriety and according as God hath divided to every one the measure of faith. Rom. 12:3
And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. Rom. 13:11
For the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1 Cor. 1:25
But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt. 1 Cor. 7:9
But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these things, that they should be so done unto me: for it is good for me to die rather than that any man should make my glory void. 1 Cor. 9:15
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? 1 Cor. 10:22
And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive edification. 1 Cor. 14:5
But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue. 1 Cor. 14:19
Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. 15:6
But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me hath not been void: but I have laboured more abundantly than all they. Yet not I, but the grace of God with me: 1 Cor. 15:10
For we write no other things to you than what you have read and known. And I hope that you shall know unto the end. 2 Cor. 1:13
For I suppose that I have done nothing less than the great apostles. 2 Cor. 11:5
For what is there that you have had less than the other churches but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury. 2 Cor. 12:13
For it is written: Rejoice, thou barren, that bearest not: break forth and cry thou that travailest not: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband. Gal. 4:27
Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us: Eph. 3:20
Let nothing be done through contention: neither by vain glory. But in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves: Phil. 2:3
Not to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which furnish questions rather than the edification of God which is in faith. 1 Tim. 1:4
But if any man have not care of his own and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel. 1 Tim. 5:8
Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband. 1 Tim. 5:9
Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure more than of God: 2 Tim. 3:4
Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. Ph'm 1:21
Being made so much better than the angels as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they. Heb. 1:4
Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels: thou hast crowned him with glory and honour and hast set him over the works of thy hands. Heb. 2:7
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God he might taste death for all. Heb. 2:9
For this man was counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by so much as he that hath built the house hath greater honour than the house. Heb. 3:3
For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow: and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Heb. 4:12
For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy. Heb. 6:16
For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens: Heb. 7:26
It is necessary therefore that the patterns of heavenly things should be cleansed with these: but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. Heb. 9:23
Rather choosing to be afflicted with the people of God than to have the pleasure of sin for a time: Heb. 11:25
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasure of the Egyptians. For he looked unto the reward. Heb. 11:26
And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel. Heb. 12:24
That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. 1:7
For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer than doing ill. 1 Pet. 3:17
For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former. 2 Pet. 2:20
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice than, after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them. 2 Pet. 2:21
For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things. 1 Jn. 3:20
You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 Jn. 4:4
I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 Jn. 1:4
I know thy works and thy faith and thy charity and thy ministry and thy patience and thy last works, which are more than the former. Apoc. 2:19
but silver is more abundant than gold, and brass than silver, and iron than brass, lead than iron, and clay than lead. 4 Esd. 7:56
For it is far better with them than with us; for they look not for judgement, neither do they know of torments or of salvation promised unto them after death. 4 Esd. 7:66
The seventh way, which is more grievous than all the aforesaid ways, because they shall pine away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall be withered up by fears, seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they have sinned whilst living, and before whom they shall be judged in the last times. 4 Esd. 7:87
The seventh order, which is greater than all the aforesaid orders, because they shall rejoice with confidence, and because they shall be bold without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom in their lifetime they served, and from whom they shall receive their reward in glory. 4 Esd. 7:98