30 occurrences

'Greater' in the Bible

And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;

Verse ConceptsBearingStrictnessPunishments

none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou art his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? -- then have I sinned against God.'

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, Examples OfWhat Sin?

thou -- thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.'

Verse ConceptsPalacesThronePromotionRelative GreatnessRespect For People

And his father refuseth, and saith, 'I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildPeople With General KnowledgeRules About Young People

now I have known that Jehovah is greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly -- He is above them!'

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

I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'

Verse ConceptsPestilenceGod Might Kill His People

whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCitydoubt, results ofdiscouragementHeart, HumanLargenessPessimismSkyHuman EmotionFaint HeartednessGiantsLosing CourageWhere To?Sky, Figurative Use

to dispossess nations greater and stronger than thou, from thy presence, to bring thee in to give to thee their land -- an inheritance, as at this day.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

'Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens;

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCityLargenessComparisonsCrossing Into The Promised Landisrael

then hath Jehovah dispossessed all these nations from before you, and ye have possessed nations, greater and mightier than you;

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon is a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it is greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes.

Verse ConceptsCityLargenessFearing Other People

And Amnon hateth her -- a very great hatred -- that greater is the hatred with which he hath hated her than the love with which he loved her, and Amnon saith to her, 'Rise, go.'

Verse ConceptsHatredSuffering, Causes OfDefraudingMen And Women Who LovedHating Individualsheartbroken

And she saith to him, 'Because of the circumstances this evil is greater than the other that thou hast done with me -- to send me away;' and he hath not been willing to hearken to her,

as Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, so is He with Solomon, and doth make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.'

Verse ConceptsGod With Specific PeopleThe Kingdom Of Solomon

and also the servants of the king have come into bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God doth make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and his throne greater than thy throne; and the king boweth himself on the bed,

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before GodThe Kingdom Of Solomon

and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanOutdoing

And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,

Verse ConceptsKings And WisdomWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

And of the sons of Benjamin, brethren of Saul, are three thousand, and hitherto their greater part are keeping the charge of the house of Saul.

Verse ConceptsCoronationsThree Thousand And Up

And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialRiches, Believers AttitudesTwo Hundred And Some

and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

Verse ConceptsLivestockAbundance, MaterialLargenessSheepShepherds, As OccupationsYokesGod Is ImmanentFour To Five HundredThree Thousand And UpSeven ThousandOwning LivestockFour And Five HundredGreat IndividualsMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy Peoplepossessions

Both the gray-headed And the very aged are among us -- Greater than thy father in days.

Verse ConceptsAge, Glories OfMaturity, PhysicalOld Age, Attitudes ToOld Age, Attainment OfGreyWisdom

Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

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

As my hand hath got to the kingdoms of a worthless thing, and their graven images, Greater than Jerusalem and than Samaria,

Verse ConceptsGod Is Truthful

And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as in a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahSudden DestructionGod's People SinningPunishments

And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man? again thou dost turn, thou dost see greater abominations than these.'

Verse ConceptsGrowth Of EvilLooking And Seeing

And from the centre of the ground unto the lower border is two cubits, and the breadth one cubit, and from the lesser border unto the greater border four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Temple Furniture

'And the king of the north hath turned back, and hath caused a multitude to stand, greater than the first, and at the end of the times a second time he doth certainly come in with a great force, and with much substance;

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalMany CombatantsReturn From The Northarmy

Pass ye over to Calneh and see, And go thence to Hamath the great, And go down to Gath of the Philistines, Are they better than these kingdoms? Greater is their border than your border?

Verse ConceptsAdvantages

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