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

Haller's Concordance: BETTER

Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me. Gen. 29:19
It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words. Gen. 37:27
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
And cannot be changed: that is to say, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be consecrated to the Lord. Lev. 27:10
Would God that we had died in Egypt: and would God we may die in this vast wilderness, and that the Lord may not bring us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives and children be led away captives. Is it not better to return into Egypt? Num. 14:3
And thou shalt say to them: If you offer all the goodly and the better things of the tithes, it shall be reckoned to you as if you had given the firstfruits of the barnfloor and the winepress: Num. 18:30
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
Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal, consider that I am your bone, and your flesh. Judg. 9:2
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 said to him: Hold thy peace, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel? Judg. 18:19
And her mother in law said to her: It is better for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his maids, lest in another man's field some one may resist thee. Ruth 2:22
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
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
So whensoever the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, David took his harp, and played with his hand, and Saul was refreshed, and was better, for the evil spirit departed from him. 1 Ki. 16:23
¤ And David said in his heart: I shall one day or other fall into the hands of Saul: is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands. 1 Ki. 27:1
And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I come from Gessur? it had been better for me to be there: I beseech thee therefore that I may see the face of the king: and if he be mindful of my iniquity, let him kill me. 2 Ki. 14:32
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 people answered: Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not much mind us: or if half of us should fall, they will not greatly care: for thou alone art accounted for ten thousand: it is better therefore that thou shouldst be in the city to succour us. 2 Ki. 18:3
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 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
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 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
But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they have overcome us: but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains, and we shall overcome them. 3 Ki. 20:23
And Achab spoke to Naboth, saying: Give me thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs, because it is nigh, and adjoining to my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard: or if thou think it more convenient for thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 Ki. 21:2
And he answered her: I spoke to Naboth, the Jezrahelite, and said to him: Give me thy vineyard, and take money for it: or if it please thee, I will give thee a better vineyard for it. And he said: I will not give thee my vineyard. 3 Ki. 21:6
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
And Naaman said: It is better that thou take two talents. And he forced him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants, and they carried them before him. 4 Ki. 5:23
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
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 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
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
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
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
Doth God require it of thee, because it hath displeased thee? for thou begannest to speak, and not I: but if thou know any thing better, speak. Job 34:33
Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked. Ps. 37:16
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
The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: Pr. 3:14
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
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
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly. Pr. 17:12
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
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
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
Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God. Eccl. 2:24
And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life. Eccl. 3:12
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
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 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
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
¤ 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
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
Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things. Eccl. 9:18
If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly. Eccl. 10:11
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thy hand cease: for thou knowest not which may rather spring up, this or that: and if both together, it shall be the better. Eccl. 11:6
Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine, Cant. 1:2
¤ Wisdom is better than strength: and a wise man is better than a strong man. Wis. 6:1
The lovers of evil things deserve to have no better things to trust in, both they that make them, and they that love them, and they that worship them. Wis. 15:6
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
For that night was known before by our fathers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had trusted to, they might be of better courage. Wis. 18:6
Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread. Sir. 10:30
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
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
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
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
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
My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. Sir. 40:29
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
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
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
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
Better, therefore, is the just man that hath no idols: for he shall be far from reproach. Bar. 6:72
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up again by him; for, as to thee, thou shalt have no resurrection unto life. 2 Ma. 7:14
Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows. Mt. 10:31
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
But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Mt. 18:6
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
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born. Mt. 26:24
And had suffered many things from many physicians; and had spent all that she had, and was nothing the better, but rather worse, Mk. 5:26
And whosoever shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me: it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea. Mk. 9:42
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
And Jesus, standing still, commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him: Be of better comfort. Arise, he calleth thee. Mk. 10:49
And the Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born. Mk. 14:21
And no man drinking old hath presently a mind to new: for he saith: The old is better. Lk. 5:39
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
He asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him. Jn. 4:52
Then were they all of better cheer: and they also took some meat. Acts 27:36
But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt. 1 Cor. 7:9
Therefore both he that giveth his virgin in marriage doth well: and he that giveth her not doth better. 1 Cor. 7:38
Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse. 1 Cor. 11:17
But be zealous for the better gifts. And I shew unto you yet a more excellent way. 1 Cor. 12:31
That you may approve the better things: that you may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ: Phil. 1:10
But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better. Phil. 1:23
Let nothing be done through contention: neither by vain glory. But in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves: Phil. 2:3
Being made so much better than the angels as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they. Heb. 1:4
But, my dearly beloved, we trust better things of you, and nearer to salvation; though we speak thus. Heb. 6:9
And without all contradiction, that which is less is blessed by the better. Heb. 7:7
For the law brought nothing to perfection: but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God. Heb. 7:19
By so much is Jesus made a surety of a better testament. Heb. 7:22
But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament which is established on better promises. Heb. 8:6
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
For you both had compassion on them that were in bands and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance. Heb. 10:34
But now they desire a better, that is to say, a heavenly country. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. Heb. 11:16
Women received their dead raised to life again. But others were racked, not accepting deliverance, that they might find a better resurrection. Heb. 11:35
God providing some better thing for us, that they should not be perfected without us. Heb. 11:40
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
For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer than doing ill. 1 Pet. 3:17
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
saying: Why hast thou brought vs into this desert to kil vs? it had bene better for vs to serue the AEgyptians, then to dye in this desert. (Num. 14) 4 Esd. 1:18
Why, doe they better thinges, that inhabite Babylon? And for this shal she rule ouer Sion? (Jer. 12) 4 Esd. 3:28
I nothing remember how this way should be forsaken: doth Babylon better thinges then Sion? 4 Esd. 3:31
I sayd to him: Better were it for vs not to be, then yet liuing to liue in impieties, and to suffer, and not to vnderstand for what thing. 4 Esd. 4:12
For it were better that the dust itself had been unborn, so that the mind might not have been made therefrom. 4 Esd. 7:63
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
and if after death we were not to come into judgement, peradventure it had been better for us. 4 Esd. 7:69
and sayd: This is my word the first and the last, that it had bene better not to geue the earth to Adam, or when he had now geuen it, to restraine him that he should not sinne. 4 Esd. 7:116
If then thou shalt forsake vs, how much better had it bene to vs, if we also had bene burnt with the burning of Sion? 4 Esd. 12:44
For we are not better then they that dyed there. And they wept with a lowd voice. And I answered them, and sayd: 4 Esd. 12:45