8 Bible Verses about Outdoing

Be devoted to one another with [authentic] brotherly affection [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor;

Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

“Many daughters have done nobly, and well [with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness],
But you excel them all.”

“For I say to you that unless your righteousness (uprightness, moral essence) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

And if you greet only your brothers [wishing them God’s blessing and peace], what more [than others] are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles [who do not know the Lord] do that?

Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this poor widow put in [proportionally] more than all the contributors to the treasury.

He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in [proportionally] more than all of them;

Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or behaved in accordance with their pagan practices; but, as if that were too little, you [soon] acted more corruptly in all your ways than they.