Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

“The blessings of your father
Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors
Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills;
May they be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. And they kissed each other, and wept one with another until David surpassed [him].

Then Amnon greatly despised her. His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and leave!"

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

King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom.

"The Temple that I'm building will be great, because the greatness of our God surpasses that of all gods.

I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn't hear even half the story! Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;

Indeed, I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord surpasses all gods.

My fruit is better than gold, better than even refined gold, and my benefit surpasses the purest silver.

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me.

I discovered for myself a bitterness that surpasses that of death: the woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, whose hands are chains of bondage. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the transgressor will be trapped by her.

The guilt of my cherished people surpasses the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, without a hand to help her.

Now this Daniel surpassed the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to appoint him over the whole realm.

For I say to you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven.

(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me has surpassed me,
because He existed before me.’”)

This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’

Then law crept in to multiply the offense. Though sin has multiplied, yet God's favor has surpassed it and overflowed,

for this divine doctrine, as foolish and weak as men may think it, far surpasses all their wisdom, and baffles all their power.

There is a glory and beauty of the sun, another glory of the moon, and yet another [distinctive] glory of the stars; and one star differs from another in glory and brilliance.

In fact, that which once had glory lost its glory, because the other glory surpassed it.

and how I outstripped many of my own age among my people in my devotion to the Jewish religion, because I surpassed all others in my zeal for the traditions handed down by my forefathers.

yes, to come at last to know the love of Christ, although it far surpasses human understanding, so that you may be filled with the perfect fullness of God.

Then, through your union with Christ Jesus, the peace of God, that surpasses all human thought, will keep guard over your hearts and thoughts.

He is as much superior to the angels as the name that he has inherited surpasses theirs.