| As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. | For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. |
| How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! | How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. |
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| Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. | One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. |
| A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. | A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. |
| Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. | Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. |
| It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. | It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in mortals. |
| Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
| 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. | For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness. |
| 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. | 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 clothing. |
| Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice. |
| I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. |
| What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. | What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar. |
| To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
| Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. | Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it. |
| 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? | Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? |
| No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. | No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. |
| How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. | How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. |
| One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. | Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin. |
| The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. | The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
| A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. | A capable wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. |
| Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions. | Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. |
| A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one. | Now a mediator involves more than one party; but God is one. |
| 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. | Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. |
| Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? | Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? |
