Bible Verses about 'Rather'

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• How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
  Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
  Proverbs 16:16moneymaterialismwisdom
• For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
  I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
  than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  Psalm 84:10sinnearness
• Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
  Matthew 10:28fearsoulbody
• A good name is more desirable than great riches,
  and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
  Proverbs 22:1moneymaterialismrelationships
• But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
  Luke 11:28Word of Godlifelistening
• “Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord Yahweh, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?”
  Ezekiel 18:23conversionlifedeath
• Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.
  Romans 14:13gentlenessjudgmentneighbor
• Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
  Ephesians 5:11-12sinspeakingidols
• He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
  2 Corinthians 12:9gracestrengthweakness
• Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
  Luke 10:20joyheaveneternal life
• Turn my heart toward your statutes,
  not toward selfish gain.
  Psalm 119:36lawgreedheart
• All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
  Hebrews 12:11righteousnesspeacechildren
• Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing, but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.
  1 Peter 3:3-4humilitybeautyheart
• Who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error. Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting.
  Romans 1:25-28idolssexualitydesires
• But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ.
  Ephesians 4:15lovetruthJesus
• For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
  2 Timothy 1:7loveself-controlstrength
• But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
  Romans 13:14desiresaddictionJesus
• But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
  2 Peter 3:18graceworshipunderstanding
• Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself.
  Philippians 2:3selfishnesshumilityneighbor
• For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
  Romans 8:15fearSpiritchildren
• Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  Romans 3:20sinlawrighteousness
• For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
  Galatians 5:13freedomhumilitydesires
• While we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
  2 Corinthians 4:18eternal lifematerialismunderstanding
• For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established; that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
  Romans 1:11-12friendshipstrengthencouragement
• You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
  Ephesians 6:4lawfamilychildren