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ὑπὲρ — 291x G5228 ὑπέρ
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Occurrences: 291 times in 250 verses
Speech: Preposition
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - “And I give you one [fn]portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:9 - And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are [fn]too many and too mighty for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:16 -

“Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin alone.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:3 - “He may have him beaten forty times, but not more, so that he does not have him beaten with many more lashes than these, and that your brother does not become contemptible in your eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - [fn]The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:5 - “The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will be good to you and make you more numerous than your fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But it came about, when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their obstinate ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - for my father fought for you, and [fn]risked his life and saved you from the hand of Midian;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Samson said, “Let [fn]me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed outwards powerfully, so that the house fell on the governors and all the people who were in it. And the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed during his lifetime.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has come out against me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - Then he said, “May you be blessed of the LORD, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first, by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:12 - “But now, although it is true that I am a redeemer, yet there is also a redeemer more closely related than I.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - “May he also be to you one who restores life and sustains your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you [fn]and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - but to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:8 - Then Elkanah her husband would say to her, “Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you not eat, and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:27 - “For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my request which I asked of Him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - “If one person sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a person sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the LORD desired to put them to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why are you [fn]showing contempt for My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded for My dwelling, and why are you honoring your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the [fn]choicest of every offering of My people Israel?'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - And she named the boy [fn]Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - He had a son whose name was Saul, a young and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome man than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you leave me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has stopped talking about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What am I to do about my son?”'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 -

Then all the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we do not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, by asking for ourselves a king.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - Samuel said,

“Does the LORD have as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices

As in obeying the voice of the LORD?

Behold, to obey is better than a sacrifice,

And to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:28 - So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - And he said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt maliciously with you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 -

[fn]Your beauty, Israel, is [fn]slaughtered on your high places!

How the mighty have fallen!

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 -

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in [fn]life,

And in their deaths they were not separated;

They were swifter than eagles,

They were mightier than lions.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 -

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

You have been [fn]a close friend to me.

Your love for me was more wonderful

Than the love of women.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner became very angry over Ish-bosheth's [fn]question and said, “Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not let you fall into the hands of David; yet today you call me to account for wrongdoing with [fn]that woman?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - Then David became angry because [fn]of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah; and that place has been called [fn]Perez-uzzah to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - But David said to Michal, “I was before the LORD, who preferred me to your father and to all his house, to appoint me as ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. So I will [fn]celebrate before the LORD!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - “And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, Lord GOD, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant regarding the distant future. And this is the [fn]custom of mankind, Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:28 - “Now then, Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth; and You have [fn]promised this good thing to Your servant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - Toi sent his son [fn]Joram to King David to [fn]greet him and bless him, because he had fought Hadadezer and [fn]defeated him; for Hadadezer [fn]had been at war with Toi. And [fn]Joram brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When messengers informed David, he sent servants to meet them, because the men were extremely humiliated. And the king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back, and then you shall return.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - And he said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to help you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:12 - “Be strong, and let's show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - However, he would not listen to [fn]her; since he was stronger than she, he violated her and slept with her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 -

Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; indeed, the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up, go away!

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - But she said to him, “No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!” Yet he would not listen to her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to foil the good advice of Ahithophel, in order for the LORD to bring disaster on Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - But the king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently with the young man Absalom for my sake.” And all the people heard when the king commanded all the commanders regarding Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - For the battle there was spread over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:7 - “Now therefore arise, go out and speak [fn]kindly to your servants, for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, no man will stay the night with you, and this will be worse for you than all the misfortune that has [fn]happened to you from your youth until now!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “[fn]We have ten parts in the king, therefore [fn]we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat [fn]us with contempt? Was it not [fn]our [fn]advice first to bring back [fn]our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord's servants and pursue him, so that he does not find for himself fortified cities and escape from our sight.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 -

“He rescued me from my strong enemy,

From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - “Just as the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - “Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and his throne greater than your throne!' And the king bowed himself on the bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - But King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Request for him the kingdom as well—since he is my older brother—for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - “The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he [fn]struck two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know about it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:30 - Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the [fn]people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:31 - For he was wiser than all other people, more than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and [fn]Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his [fn]fame was known in all the surrounding nations.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - “For You have singled them out from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, just as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord [fn]GOD.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 -

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the [fn]Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:23 -

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:10 - and had commanded him regarding this thing, that he was not to follow other gods; but he did not comply with what the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - Moreover, the word of the LORD through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, by being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck [fn]it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19 - because of his sins which he [fn]committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he committed, misleading Israel into sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:25 -

Now Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:30 - Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all who were before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - Ahab also made the [fn]Asherah. So Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, LORD, take my [fn]life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:23 -

Now the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the mountains; for that reason they were stronger than we. But let us fight them in the plain, and we will certainly be stronger than they.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25 - and [fn]muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and we will certainly be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard so that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is close beside my house, and I will give you a better vineyard in place of it; if [fn]you prefer, I will give you what [fn]it is worth in money.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 -

Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put [fn]on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - “Are [fn]Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, not better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:16 - And he said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are [fn]greater than those who are with them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - select the best and most capable of your master's sons and seat him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:6 - But he did not put the sons of [fn]the murderers to death, in [fn]obedience to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck [fn]like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:34 - ‘For I will protect this city to save it for My own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - “And I will add fifteen years to your [fn]life, and I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.”'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:9 - But they did not listen, and Manasseh encouraged them to do evil, more than the nations whom the LORD eliminated from the presence of the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - “Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for the wrath of the LORD that burns against us is great, because our fathers did not listen to the words of this book, to act in accordance with everything that is written regarding us.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - Of the three in the second rank he was the most honored, and he became their commander; however, he did not attain the reputation of the first three.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 -

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a warrior of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck and killed the [fn]two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and struck and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25 - Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain the reputation of the first three; and David appointed him over his bodyguard.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - he sent [fn]Hadoram his son to King David to [fn]greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had [fn]defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:12 - He said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the LORD wholeheartedly, and King David also rejoiced greatly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:22 -

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be unfaithful as the house of Ahab was unfaithful, and you have also killed your brothers, [fn]your own family, who were better than you,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:4 - However, he did not put their children to death, but did as it is written in the Law in the Book of Moses, which the LORD commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor sons be put to death for fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18 - For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, and Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good LORD pardon
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9 - Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - So Manasseh encouraged Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:5 - But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report could reach Darius, and then the decree concerning it could be sent back.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:17 - They offered for the dedication of this temple of God a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have [fn]risen above our heads, and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - Then when the plot was investigated and found to be so, they were both hanged on a wooden gallows; and it was written in the Book of the Chronicles in the king's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their annihilation, so that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and plead with him for her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - Satan answered the LORD and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has, he will give for his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 -

“Behold, like wild donkeys in the wilderness

They go out scavenging for food in their activity,

As [fn]bread for their children in the desert.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:18 -

“Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;

And the acquisition of wisdom is more valuable than pearls.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 -

When His lamp shone over my head,

And by His light I walked through darkness;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:1 -

For the music director; for [fn]flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.

Listen to my words, LORD,

Consider my sighing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 -

For the music director; with stringed instruments, [fn]upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.

LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger,

Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 -

A [fn]Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD [fn]concerning Cush, a Benjaminite.

O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge;

Save me from all those who pursue me, and rescue me,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:7 -

Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You,

And return on high over it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 -

For the music director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

LORD, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth,

You who have [fn]displayed Your splendor above the heavens!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:1 -

For the music director; on [fn]Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.

I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;

I will tell of all Your [fn]wonders.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:1 -

For the music director; [fn]upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

Help, LORD, for the godly person has come to an end,

For the faithful have disappeared from the sons of mankind.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:17 -

He saved me from my strong enemy,

And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 -

They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much pure gold;

Sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 -

For the music director; upon [fn]Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?

Far from my [fn]help are the words of my [fn]groaning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6 -

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [fn]in a time when You may be found;

Certainly in a flood of great waters, they will not reach him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 -

Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:18 -

For I admit my guilt;

I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 -

But my enemies are vigorous and [fn]strong,

And those who wrongfully hate me are many.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 -

“With rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing;

You consume like a moth what is precious to him;

Certainly all mankind is mere breath! Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 -

Many, LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done,

And Your thoughts toward us;

There is no one to compare with You.

If I would declare and speak of them,

They would be too numerous to count.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 -

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;

My guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;

They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,

And my heart has [fn]failed me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 -

For the music director; according to the [fn]Shoshannim. A [fn]Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.

My heart is moved with a good theme;

I [fn]address my [fn]verses to the [fn]King;

My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, [fn]set to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,

A [fn]very ready help in [fn]trouble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Clap your hands, all you peoples;

Shout to God with a voice of joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7 -

[fn]Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

[fn]Cleanse me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:3 -

You love evil more than good,

Lies more than speaking what is right. Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 -

For the music director; according to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;

There is no one who does good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:21 -

His [fn]speech was smoother than butter,

But his heart was war;

His words were softer than oil,

Yet they were drawn swords.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 -

For the music director; according to [fn]Jonath elem rehokim. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, God, for a man has [fn]trampled upon me;

[fn]Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 -

Because of their wickedness, will there be an escape for them?

In anger make the peoples fall down, God!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:1 -

For the music director; [fn]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

My soul waits in silence for God alone;

From Him comes my salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 -

Because Your [fn]favor is better than life,

My lips will praise You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:5 -

Come and see the works of God,

Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of mankind.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:1 -

For the music director; according to [fn]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

Save me, God,

For the waters have [fn]threatened my life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 -

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;

Those who would [fn]destroy me are powerful, those who oppose me with lies;

What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:31 -

And it will please the LORD better than an ox

Or bull with horns and hoofs.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 -

May there be abundance of grain on the earth on top of the mountains;

Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon;

And may those from the city flourish like the vegetation of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:1 -

For the music director; [fn]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud;

My voice rises to God, and He will listen to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 -

For the music director; set to [fn]El Shoshannim; [fn]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

Who leads Joseph like a flock;

You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 -

For the music director; [fn]on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

Sing for joy to God our strength;

Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:1 -

For the music director; [fn]on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

How lovely are Your dwelling places,

LORD of armies!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 -

For a day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God

Than live in the tents of wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2 -

The LORD loves the gates of Zion

More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 -

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [fn]Maskil of Heman [fn]the Ezrahite.

LORD, the God of my salvation,

I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9 -

For You are the LORD Most High over all the earth;

You are exalted far above all [fn]gods.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 -

He allowed no one to oppress them,

And He [fn]rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 -

And He made His people very fruitful,

And made them stronger than their enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:72 -

The Law of Your mouth is better to me

Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

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Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,

For they are ever [fn]mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:99 -

I have more insight than all my teachers,

For Your testimonies are my meditation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 -

I understand more than those who are old,

Because I have complied with Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:103 -

How sweet are Your [fn]words to my [fn]taste!

Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 -

Therefore I love Your commandments

Above gold, yes, above pure gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:1 -

A Song of Ascents, of David.

LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes arrogant;

Nor do I [fn]involve myself in great matters,

Or in things too [fn]difficult for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:8 -

The LORD will accomplish what concerns me;

Your faithfulness, LORD, is everlasting;

Do not abandon the works of Your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 -

Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sand.

When I awake, I am still with You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:6 -

“Give Your attention to my cry,

For I have been brought very low;

Rescue me from my persecutors,

For they are too strong for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 -

“Accept my instruction and not silver,

And knowledge rather than choice gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 -

“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold;

And my yield better than choice silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 -

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!

And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:1 -

A good name is to be more desired than great wealth;

Favor is better than silver and gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:7 - I bought male and female slaves, and I had [fn]slaves born at home. I also possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - So I congratulated the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are still living.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 -

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 -

A poor yet wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive [fn]instruction

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 -

[fn]Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, and approach to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3 - If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many [fn]they may be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - “It has not even seen the sun nor does it know it; yet [fn]it is better off than that man.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - For what advantage does the wise person have over the fool? What does the poor person have, knowing how to walk before the living?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - What the eyes see is better than what the soul [fn]desires. This too is futility and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 -

Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with the [fn]one who is mightier than he is.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1 -

A good name is better than good [fn]oil,

And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 -

Sorrow is better than laughter,

For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:5 -

It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise person

Than for one to listen to the song of fools.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:8 -

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;

Patience of spirit is better than arrogance of spirit.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:10 -

Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”

For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:19 -

Wisdom strengthens a wise person more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:24 - What has been is remote and very [fn]mysterious. Who can discover it?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I discovered as more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For whoever is joined to all the living, there is hope; for better a live dog, than a dead lion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are [fn]ignored.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in calm are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:18 - Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 -

Dead flies turn a perfumer's oil rancid, so a little foolishness is more [fn]potent than wisdom and honor.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:2 -

[fn]The Bride

“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your love is [fn]sweeter than wine.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 -

“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,

Your name is like [fn]purified oil;

Therefore the [fn]young women love you.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 -

“Draw me after you and let's run together!

The king has brought me into his chambers.”

The Chorus

“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;

We will praise your love more than wine.

Rightly do they love you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 -

“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!

How much [fn]sweeter is your love than wine,

And the fragrance of your oils

Than that of all kinds of balsam oils!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:5 -

Like [fn]flying birds so the LORD of armies will protect Jerusalem.

He will protect and save it;

He will pass over and rescue it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 -

And the redeemed of the LORD will return

And come to Zion with joyful shouting,

And everlasting joy will be on their heads.

They will obtain gladness and joy,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:35 - ‘For I will protect this city to save it for My own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:6 - “And I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city.”'
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 -

“For I am the LORD your God,

The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

I have given Egypt as your ransom,

[fn]Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 -

“Since you are precious in My sight,

Since you are honored and I love you,

I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9 -

“You have journeyed to the king with oil

And increased your perfumes;

You have sent your messengers a great distance

And made them go down to [fn]Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:7 -

Instead of your shame you will have a double portion,

And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.

Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,

Everlasting joy will be theirs.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 -

LORD, do Your eyes not look for honesty?

You have struck them,

But they did not [fn]weaken;

You have consumed them,

But they refused to accept discipline.

They have made their faces harder than rock;

They have refused to repent.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 -

“Flee to safety, you sons of Benjamin,

From the midst of Jerusalem!

Blow a trumpet in Tekoa

And raise a warning signal over [fn]Beth-haccerem;

For evil looks down from the north,

Along with a great destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - “Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 -

“Their widows will be more numerous before Me

Than the sand of the seas;

I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,

A destroyer at noon;

I will suddenly bring down on her

Shock and horror.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - ‘You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, each one of you is following the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - “Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 -

Should good be repaid with evil?

For they have dug a pit for [fn]me.

Remember how I stood before You

To speak good in their behalf,

So as to turn Your wrath away from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:8 - “I will also turn this city into an object of horror and [fn]hissing; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and [fn]hiss because of all its [fn]disasters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 -

“They have cut down her forest,” declares the LORD;

“Certainly it will no longer be found,

Even though [fn]they are more numerous than locusts

And are without number.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 -

For the [fn]wrongdoing of the daughter of my people

Is greater than the [fn]sin of Sodom,

Which was overthrown as in a moment,

[fn]And no hands were turned toward her.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 -

Her [fn]consecrated ones were purer than snow,

They shined more than milk;

They were more ruddy in [fn]body than pearls of coral,

Their form was like [fn]lapis lazuli.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 -

Their appearance is darker than soot,

They are not recognized in the streets;

Their skin is shriveled on their bones,

It is dry, it has become like wood.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 -

Our pursuers were swifter

Than the eagles of the sky;

They chased us on the mountains,

They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 -

Now over the heads of the living [fn]beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, spread out over their heads.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And a voice came from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they let down their wings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 -

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; take and [fn]use it as a barber's razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide [fn]the hair.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 -

Then I looked, and behold, in the [fn]expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - “Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. So you have made your sisters appear innocent by all your abominations which you have committed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - “Also, bear your disgrace in that you have [fn]made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear innocent.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 -

“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her obscene practices were [fn]more than the prostitution of her sister.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, that which is precious in your eyes and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:39 - And in the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:22 -

‘And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish as a sin offering, and they shall cleanse the altar from sin as they cleansed it with the bull.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:25 - ‘For seven days you shall prepare a goat as a sin offering daily; also a [fn]bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, shall be prepared.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:29 - “They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be theirs.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:17 - “And it shall be the prince's part to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the drink offerings, at the feasts, on the new moons, and on the Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:22 - “On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a bull as a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:23 - “And during the seven days of the feast he shall provide as a burnt offering to the LORD seven bulls and seven rams without blemish on every day of the seven days, and a male goat daily as a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:25 - “In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall provide like these, seven days [fn]for the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20 - And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer courtyard [fn]and transfer holiness to the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:15 - And at the end of ten days their appearance seemed better, and [fn]they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king's choice food.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself [fn]among the commissioners and satraps because [fn]he possessed an extraordinary spirit, and the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8 - “And he will also take into captivity to Egypt their gods with their cast metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold, and he on his part will [fn]refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - “For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and [fn]after an interval of some years he will [fn]press on with a great army and much equipment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:3 -

Tell your sons about it,

And have your sons tell their sons,

And their sons the next generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 -

Wail like a virgin clothed with sackcloth

For the groom of her youth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:11 -

Be ashamed, you farm workers,

Wail, you vinedressers,

For the wheat and the barley;

Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2 -

I will gather all the nations

And bring them down to the Valley of [fn]Jehoshaphat.

Then I will enter into judgment with them there

On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,

Whom they have scattered among the nations;

And they have divided up My land.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:1 -

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he saw in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - So the LORD God designated a [fn]plant, and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head, to [fn]relieve him of his discomfort. And Jonah [fn]was overjoyed about the plant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - Then the LORD said, “You had compassion on the plant, for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which [fn]came up overnight and perished [fn]overnight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not also have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 people, who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left, as well as many animals?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:1 -

The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and which he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 -

Does the LORD take pleasure in thousands of rams,

In ten thousand rivers of [fn]oil?

Shall I give Him my firstborn for my wrongdoings,

The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 -

The LORD has issued a command concerning [fn]you:

[fn]Your name will no longer be perpetuated.

I will eliminate the carved image and the cast metal image

From the house of your gods.

I will prepare your grave,

For you are contemptible.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 -

Plunder the silver,

Plunder the gold!

For there is no end to the treasure

Wealth from every kind of desirable object.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 -

Draw for yourself water for a siege!

Strengthen your fortifications!

Go into the clay and tread the mortar!

Take hold of the brick mold!

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 -

You have made your traders more numerous than the stars of heaven

The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 -

“Their horses are faster than leopards,

And quicker than wolves in the evening.

Their [fn]horsemen charge along,

Their [fn]horsemen come from afar;

They fly like an eagle [fn]swooping down to devour.

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:9 - ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says the LORD of armies, ‘and in this place I will give peace,' declares the LORD of armies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:13 - Then the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them.” So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:8 - “On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who [fn]is feeble among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them.
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