I took the sinful calf you had made, burned it up, and crushed it, thoroughly grinding it to powder as fine as dust. Then I threw it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

And Absalom saith -- and all the men of Israel -- 'Better is the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

Because better is Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.

Because better [is] a day in your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would rather be at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in [the] tents of wickedness.

For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.

For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

Better is my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

The desirableness of a man is his kindness, And better is the poor than a liar.

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

The full soul will tread down the honey droppings, and to the hungry soul all bitter is sweet

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Yes, better is he than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

Better is sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

And I said, 'Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --

Better is wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

Behold, bitter as gall was my pensiveness: so sore longed I for health. And it was thy pleasure to deliver me from the filthy pit: for thou it is, O Lord, that hath cast all my sins behind thy back.

And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better is my death than my life.'

And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, 'Better is my death than my life.'

Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter [as if to the dogs]—that magnificent sum at which I am valued by them!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law he found ill in bed with fever.

How much better is a man then than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Now I tell you, Peter is your name and on this rock I will build my church; the powers of Hades shall not succeed against it.

And he cometh to the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, Is it so that ye could not watch with me one hour?

And, taking counsel, they bought with them, the field of the potter, as a burial-place for strangers.

and gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord did appoint to me.'

and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

and when she saw Peter as he was warming himself, she looked earnestly upon him and said, Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarene:

If, circumcision, a man receiveth, on Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, with me, are ye bitter as gall, because, a whole man, I made, well, on Sabbath?

so that they brought the sick out along the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that even the shadow of Peter, as he passed along, might fall on some of them.

Now Peter, as he went to town after town, came down also to God's people at Lud.

and Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in that place, sent two men unto him, calling on him not to delay to come through unto them.

And having called, they were inquiring if Simon, surnamed Peter, is received there as a guest.

While Peter is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those hearing the word,

"And," said Peter, "as soon as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as he fell upon us at the beginning.

[Then it happened]: [Suddenly] an angel from the Lord stood beside Peter as a light shone into his cell. [The angel] gently struck his side, waking him up, saying, "Get up quickly." His chains fell from his hands.

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

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

(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

If, then, a man has escaped from the pollution of such errors as I have mentioned, he will be like a thing kept for better use, set apart, serviceable to its owner, ready for any good purpose.

and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --

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

(The star is called 'Wormwood.') A third of the water became bitter as wormwood, and so bitter was the water that many died from drinking it.