THE VEYMONT INSTITUTION
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First: Genesis 29:19 · Last: 2 Peter 2:21
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- Genesis 29:19KJV.01.029.019
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Research this verse → - Exodus 14:12KJV.02.014.012
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Research this verse → - Numbers 14:3KJV.04.014.003
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Research this verse → - Judges 8:2KJV.07.008.002
And 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 Abiezer?
Research this verse → - Judges 9:2KJV.07.009.002
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
Research this verse → - Judges 11:25KJV.07.011.025
And 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,
Research this verse → - Judges 18:19KJV.07.018.019
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Research this verse → - Ruth 4:15KJV.08.004.015
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
Research this verse → - 1 Samuel 1:8KJV.09.001.008
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
Research this verse → - 1 Samuel 15:22KJV.09.015.022
And 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.
Research this verse → - 1 Samuel 15:28KJV.09.015.028
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
Research this verse → - 1 Samuel 27:1KJV.09.027.001
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
Research this verse → - 2 Samuel 17:14KJV.10.017.014
And 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.
Research this verse → - 2 Samuel 18:3KJV.10.018.003
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
Research this verse → - 1 Kings 1:47KJV.11.001.047
And 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.
Research this verse → - 1 Kings 2:32KJV.11.002.032
And 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.
Research this verse → - 1 Kings 19:4KJV.11.019.004
But 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.
Research this verse → - 1 Kings 21:2KJV.11.021.002
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Research this verse → - 2 Kings 5:12KJV.12.005.012
Are 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.
Research this verse → - 2 Chronicles 21:13KJV.14.021.013
But 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:
Research this verse → - Esther 1:19KJV.17.001.019
If 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.
Research this verse → - Psalms 37:16KJV.19.037.016
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Research this verse → - Psalms 63:3KJV.19.063.003
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Research this verse → - Psalms 69:31KJV.19.069.031
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Research this verse → - Psalms 84:10KJV.19.084.010
For 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.
Research this verse → - Psalms 118:8KJV.19.118.008
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Research this verse → - Psalms 118:9KJV.19.118.009
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Research this verse → - Psalms 119:72KJV.19.119.072
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 3:14KJV.20.003.014
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 8:11KJV.20.008.011
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 8:19KJV.20.008.019
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 12:9KJV.20.012.009
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 15:16KJV.20.015.016
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 15:17KJV.20.015.017
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 16:8KJV.20.016.008
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 17:1KJV.20.017.001
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 19:1KJV.20.019.001
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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