'Less' in the Bible
what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?" He replied, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."
The Israelites did so, and they gathered -- some more, some less.
The rich are not to increase it, and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the Lord, to make atonement for your lives.
The more years there are, the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of produce.
Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the Lord my God to do less or more.
Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.
Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father's procreative power -- to him should go the right of the firstborn.
"God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
"God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
"How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!
how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot -- a son of man, who is only a worm!"
How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!
and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty;
Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!
Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!
The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?
Indeed, a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons, and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel."
Then the Lord said to me, "Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.
Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?
You say, "When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We're eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!
And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
He must become more important while I become less important."
and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,
Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.
Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
To me -- less than the least of all the saints -- this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
But those who have believing masters must not show them less respectTeach them and exhort them about these things.
Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?