35 occurrences

'Greater' in the Bible

There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?"

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, Examples OfWhat Sin?

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.

Verse ConceptsPalacesThronePromotionRelative GreatnessRespect For People

He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Examples OfTables

But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations."

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildPeople With General KnowledgeRules About Young People

The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the eternal mountains or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Verse ConceptsHeadsHillsPrincesEternal WorldBlessed By God

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them."

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfArrogance, Punishment OfProud PeopleKnowing God's Character

"'The high priest -- who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments -- must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtRankConsecrationBare HeadsAnointing PriestsPriests GarmentsNot Tearing ClothesAccompaniments Of MourningRivers

I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!"

Verse ConceptsPestilenceGod Might Kill His People

He will pour the water out of his buckets, and their descendants will be like abundant water; their king will be greater than Agag, and their kingdom will be exalted.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialBucketsGod Providing WaterSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCityLargenessComparisonsCrossing Into The Promised Landisrael

then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

Verse ConceptsConquestNo SurvivorsExterminationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

and on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

He said, "May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor.

Verse ConceptsKindnessDealing With Young PeoplePoor Or RichYoung MarriageMay God Bless!

The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

Verse ConceptsVillagesMiceFive PeopleFive ThingsPlaces To This Day

While Saul spoke to the priest, the panic in the Philistines' camp was becoming greater and greater. So Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand!"

Verse ConceptsPlucking OutDisorder Among The Nations

Certainly if the army had eaten some of the enemies' provisions that they came across today, would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?"

The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want to curse us? Weren't we the first to suggest bringing back our king?" But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.

Verse ConceptsClaimsResponseTen Things

Then David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord's servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us."

Verse ConceptsFortressesFortified CitiesPeople Possibly Doing Evil

As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!"

Verse ConceptsGod With Specific PeopleThe Kingdom Of Solomon

The king's servants have even come to congratulate our master King David, saying, 'May your God make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!' Then the king leaned on the bed

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before GodThe Kingdom Of Solomon

The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness Ofroyalty

Mordecai was of high rank in the king's palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence continued to become greater and greater.

Verse ConceptsFameProvinces

Now in this, you are not right -- I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

Verse ConceptsGod In Relation To ManMan's Relation To GodGod Being With You

They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

Verse ConceptsFoodTasteBible, Described AsHoneySweetnessThings Like GoldAlternatives To MoneyWorthValue

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing -- the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!"

Verse ConceptsSanctuarySin, Effects OfGrowth Of EvilGod Far AwayAbominations

He said to me, "You will see them practicing even greater abominations!"

Verse ConceptsGrowth Of Evil

He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!"

Verse ConceptsGrowth Of EvilLooking And Seeing

At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.

Verse ConceptsAdding BlessingRegaining SanityReinstating PeopleThose Looking For Peoplegreatness

"Then the king of the south and one of his subordinates will grow strong. His subordinate will resist him and will rule a kingdom greater than his.

Verse Conceptsdominion

Bible Theasaurus

Bully (2 instances)
Capital (60 instances)
Cracking (3 instances)
Eager (70 instances)
Expectant (1 instance)
Greater (253 instances)
Outstanding (9 instances)
Smashing (12 instances)
Superior (40 instances)
Swell (9 instances)
Zealous (49 instances)

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