KJV (44) better than

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Jdg 8:2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
Jdg 11:25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
1Sa 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1Sa 15:28And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou.
2Sa 17:14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
1Ki 1:47And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1Ki 2:32And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
1Ki 19:4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
2Ki 5:12Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
2Ch 21:13But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
Est 1:19If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
Psa 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psa 63:3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Psa 69:31This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hooves.
Psa 84:10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Pro 3:14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Pro 8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Pro 8:19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Pro 12:9He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
Pro 16:32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Pro 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Pro 27:5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Ecc 3:22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Ecc 4:9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Ecc 6:3If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Ecc 7:1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Ecc 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecc 7:8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecc 7:10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Ecc 9:4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecc 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecc 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Son 1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
Isa 56:5Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Lam 4:9They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Dan 1:20And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Amo 6:2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
Nah 3:8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Mat 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Mat 12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Luk 12:24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Rom 3:9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Phi 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Heb 1:4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.