'Greater' in the Bible

And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.

There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy commandment shall all my people regulate themselves; only concerning the throne will I be greater than thou.

And he had portions carried to them from before him. And Benjamin's portion was five times greater than the portions of them all. And they drank, and made merry with him.

But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.

Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them.

According to the greater number of the years, thou shalt increase the price thereof; and according to the fewness of years, thou shalt diminish the price of it; for it is the number of crops that he selleth unto thee.

I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, They are a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

to dispossess nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou,

If thou shouldest say in thy heart, These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?

Hear, Israel! Thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to enter in to possess nations greater and mightier than thou, cities great and walled up to heaven,

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

then will Jehovah dispossess all these nations from before you, and ye shall take possession of nations greater and mightier than yourselves.

that they feared greatly; for Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

How much more, if the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not now have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

And David became continually greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was with him.

And Amnon hated her with an exceeding great hatred, for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.

And she said to him, There is no cause for this evil in sending me away, which is greater than the other that thou didst to me. But he would not hearken to her.

As Jehovah has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of Solomon more excellent than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne! And the king bowed himself on the bed.

And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.

And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.

And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.

And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.

And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.

Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for +God is greater than man.

And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.

And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Thou shalt yet again see greater abominations than these.

For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and shall certainly come at the end of the times of years with a great army and with much substance.

Pass unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go to Hamath the great; and go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among the born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.

which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches.

Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?

Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?

and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.

And a second like it is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.

for I say unto you, Among them that are born of women a greater prophet is no one than John the baptist; but he who is a little one in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

But ye shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.

For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves.

Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

For the Father loves the Son and shews him all things which he himself does; and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may wonder.

But I have the witness that is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me that I should complete them, the works themselves which I do, bear witness concerning me that the Father has sent me.

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?

My Father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.

Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works which I do shall he do also, and he shall do greater than these, because I go to the Father.

Ye have heard that I have said unto you, I go away and I am coming to you. If ye loved me ye would rejoice that I go to the Father, for my Father is greater than I.

No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.

For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

But desire earnestly the greater gifts, and yet shew I unto you a way of more surpassing excellence.

And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these is love.

Now I desire that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. But greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.

But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,

For he has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.

For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,

For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.

Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.

when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.

that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

Ye are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which he has witnessed concerning his Son.

I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth.