And Laban said, Better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man, - Abide with me!

Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians, - for it is better for us, to serve the Egyptians, than to die in the desert?

And he said unto them, What have I done, now, in comparison with you? Is not the grape-gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the owners of Shechem - Which is better for you, that there should rule over you, seventy men, all sons of Jerubbaal, or that there should rule over you, one man? And remember that, your bone and your flesh, am I.

Now, therefore, art thou, really better, than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Hath there been any, striving at all, with Israel, or any, fighting at all, with them,

And they said unto him - Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest, - is it better that thou be priest to the house of one man, or that thou be priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?

And he said - Blessed, be thou of Yahweh, my daughter, for thou hast made thy last lovingkindness better than the first, - in not following after young men, whether poor, or rich.

So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age, - for, thy daughter-in-law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons.

So Elkanah her husband said to her - Hannah! wherefore shouldst thou weep? and wherefore wilt thou not eat? and wherefore should thy heart be sad? Am, I, not better to thee, than ten sons?

Then said Samuel - Doth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending-offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams;

And Samuel said unto him, Yahweh hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee, to-day, - and will give it unto a neighbour of thine, who is better than thou.

And David said, unto his own heart, Now, shall I be swept off, in a single day, by the hand of Saul, - there is nothing for me better than that I, escape, into the land of the Philistines, so shall Saul give up seeking for me any more, in any of the bounds of Israel, so shall I escape out of his hand.

Then said Absolom and all the men of Israel, Better, is the counsel of Hushai the Archite, than the counsel of Ahithophel. Yahweh, indeed, had given charge to frustrate the wise counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring upon Absolom, ruin.

But the people said - Thou must not go forth, for, if we, flee, they will not regard us, neither, if half of us die, will they regard us, for, thou, compared with us, art worth ten thousand, - now, therefore, it will be better that thou come to us out of the city, with succour.

For, when all the house of my father were nothing better than dead men, unto my lord the king, then didst thou set thy servant among them that used to eat at thy table, - what then have I further, by way of right, or to cry out any further unto the king?

Moreover also, the servants of the king have been in, to bless our lord King David, saying - Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne, - And the king bowed himself upon his bed.

thus will Yahweh bring back his blood upon his own head, in that he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing it, - even Abner son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, general of the army of Judah;

But, he himself, went into the wilderness a day's journey, and came and sat down under a certain shrub, - and asked for his life, that he might die, and said - Enough, now, O Yahweh! take away my life, for, no better, am, I, than, my fathers.

Ahab, therefore, spake unto Naboth, saying - Come! give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for, the same, is near by my house, and let me give thee, instead thereof, a vineyard better than it, - if it be good in thine eyes, I will give thee silver to the value of this.

Are not, Abanah and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not bathe, in them, and be clean? So he turned, and went away in a rage.

but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be unchaste, after the unchastities of the house of Ahab, - moreover also, thine own brethren of the house of thy father who were better than thou, hast thou slain,

If, unto the king, it seem good, let there go forth a royal declaration from before him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, so that it shall not pass away, - That Vashti, is not to come in, before King Ahasuerus, and, her royal estate, let the king give unto her neighbour, who is better than she.

Better the little of the righteous man, than the abundance of the lawless who are mighty;

Because better is thy lovingkindness than life, My lips, aloud shall praise thee!

For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.

It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man:

It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in nobles.

Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.

For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase;

For better is wisdom, than ornaments of coral, and, no delightful things, can equal her.

Better is my fruit, than gold - yea fine gold, and mine increase, than choice silver;

Better slighted, and have a servant, than to honour oneself, and come short of bread.

Better is a little, with the reverence of Yahweh, than great treasure, and disquietude therewith.

Better is an allowance of herbs, and love, there, than a fatted ox, and hatred therewith.

Better a little with righteousness, than large revenues, without justice.

To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!

Better is lowliness of spirit, with the patient, than a portion of spoil, with the proud.

Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.

Better a dry morsel, and peace therewith, than a house full of contentious sacrifices.

Better is a poor man, walking in his integrity, than one of perverse lips, and, he, a dullard.

The charm of a man, is his lovingkindness, - and better a poor man, than one who deceiveth.

Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.

Better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman, quarrelsome and provoking.

For better it be said to thee, Come up hither, - than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld.

Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.

Thine own friend and thy father's friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

Better a poor man walking in his integrity, than one who is crooked - turning two ways, though, he, be rich.

So I saw, that there was nothing better than that a man should be glad in his works, for, that, is his portion, - for who can bring him in, to look upon that which shall be after him?

and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, - who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.

Better a handful - with quietness, - than both hands, full - with toil, and feeding on wind.

Better are two, than one, - in that they have a good reward for their toil.

Better a boy poor and wise, - than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.

Better that thou shouldest not vow, - than vow, and not pay.

Lo! what, I myself, have seen - Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one's toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion:

Though a man should beget a hundred children, and live, many years, so that many should be the days of his years but, his own soul, should not be satisfied with the good, and he should not even have, a burial, I said, Better than he, is an untimely birth!

Better what the eyes behold, than the wandering of desire, - even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Better a name, than precious ointment, - and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.

Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men, - and, the living, should take it to his heart.

Better is grief than laughter, - for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart.

Better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for any man to hear the song of dullards,

Better the latter end of a thing, than the beginning thereof, - Better a patient spirit, than a haughty spirit.

Do not say, What hath happened, that, the former days, were better than these? for, not wisely, askest thou concerning this.

Then extolled I, gladness, in that there was nothing better for a man, under the sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be glad, - since, that, should tarry with him in his toil, for the days of his life which God had given him under the sun.

For, whosoever was united to all the living, for him, there was hope, - -inasmuch as, a living dog, fared better than a dead lion.

Then said, I, Better is wisdom than strength, - although, the wisdom of the poor man, be despised, and, his words, not heard.

Better is wisdom, than weapons of war, - but, one sinner, may destroy much good.

If a serpent will bite, unless he is charmed, then there is nothing better for him that owneth a tongue.

SHELet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! THEYFor better are thy caresses than wine:

That I will give unto them - In my house, And within my walls, A sign and a name, better than sons and daughters, - A name age-abiding, will I give him, which shall not be cut off.

Better are the slain of the sword, than the slain of the famine, - for, these, pine away, stricken through, wanting the produce of the field.

and, in any matter of wisdom and discernment as to which the king, enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the sacred scribes - the magicians, who were in all his realm.

And, when she shall pursue her lovers, and not overtake them, and shall seek them and not find, then will she say, Let me go my way now! and return unto my first husband, for it was better with me, then, than, now!

Pass ye over to Calneh, and see, and go on from thence to Hamath the great, - and go down to Gath of the Philistines, are they better than these kingdoms? or their boundary larger than your boundary?

Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take, I pray thee, my life from me, - for it were better for me, to die, than, to live.

And it came to pass, at the breaking forth of the sun, that God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun smote upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint, - and asked his life, that he might die, and said, It were better for me, to die, than, to live.

Art thou better than No-amon, who sat among the Nile-streams, waters round about her, - whose fortress was the sea, from the sea, her wall.

Observe intently, the birds of the heaven, - that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they?

Then be not in fear - than many sparrows, better are, ye!

How much better, then, a man, than, a sheep? So that it is allowable, on the sabbath, nobly, to act.

But, if they have not self-control, let them marry, for, better, is it, to marry than to burn.

So that, he that giveth in marriage his own virginity, doeth, well; and, he that giveth it not, shall do, better.

But, in giving you the following charge, I praise you not, - in that, not for the better, but for the worse, ye come together.

I am held in constraint, however, by reason of the two, - having, the coveting, to be released, and to be with, Christ, for it were far better!

The Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in, that, day; - and, how many times, in Ephesus, he hath ministered, better art, thou, getting to know.

But we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things which are better and which contain salvation, though, even thus we speak.

For, the law, perfected, nothing; but there is the superinducing of a better hope, - through which we draw near unto God.

By as much as this, hath, Jesus, become surety of a better covenant also.

But, now, hath he attained unto, a more distinguished public ministry, - by as much as of a better covenant also he is, mediator, which indeed, upon better promises, hath been legislated.

It was indeed therefore necessary for the glimpses of the things in the heavens with these to be purified; but, the heavenly things themselves, with better sacrifices than these.

For, even with them who were in bonds, ye sympathised, and, unto the seizure of your goods, with joy, ye bade welcome, - knowing that ye have yourselves, for a better possession and an abiding.

But, now, after a better one, are they reaching, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be invoked as, their God, - for he hath prepared for them, a city.

Women received, by resurrection, their dead; but, others, were put to the rack, not accepting redemption, that, unto a better resurrection, they might attain:

God, for us, something better providing, - that, not apart from us, should they be made, perfect.

For it is, better, as well-doers, if it should please the pleasure of God, to be suffering, than, as evil-doers:

For, better, had it been for them - not to have obtained a personal knowledge of the way of righteousness, than, having obtained such knowledge, to turn back out of the holy commandment delivered unto them.