Bible Verses about 'Than'
| As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. | As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. |
| It is better to acquire wisdom rather than gold, and more desirable to acquire understanding rather than silver. | How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! |
| It is better to be a patient man rather than a warrior, one who controls his temper rather than one who captures a city. | Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. |
| Amen, amen, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. | Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. |
| An honorable name is more to be desired than great riches, and high esteem is preferable to silver and gold. | A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. |
| No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. |
| It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to place your trust in mortals. | It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. |
| It is better to spend one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in God’s house than dwell inside the tents of the wicked. | Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
| Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat, or about your body and what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. |
| Two are better than one: they earn a far greater reward for their toil. | Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. |
| Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| It is better to have little and be righteous than to acquire great riches with injustice. | Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. |
| To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
| A man’s attraction is his kindness; it is far better to be poor than to be a liar. | What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. |
| It is better to have a little and fear the Lord than to possess immense wealth and suffer anguish. | Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. |
| Therefore, heed my words. Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body and what you will wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? |
| Some friends can lead us to ruin, but a true friend is closer than a brother. | One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
| How much more valuable a man is than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. | How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. |
| Who can find a worthy wife? She is far more precious than pearls. | A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. |
| The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. |
| Do not assert that the past was better than the present, for such a statement is not a sign of wisdom. | Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions. |
| Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vanity, but humbly regard others as better than yourselves. | Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. |
| Dear children, you are from God and you have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. | You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. |
| Do you suppose that I cannot appeal to my Father for help and he will not immediately send me more than twelve legions of angels? | Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? |
| No, throughout all these things we are conquerors because of him who loved us. | No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. |
Bible verse of the day
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;let your glory shine over all the earth.