It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. | It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in man. |
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice. |
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Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. | Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. |
But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law. | But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. |
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar. | What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar. |
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble. | Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, Than great treasure with trouble. |
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city. | He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. |
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. | How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. |
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this. | Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this. |
Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself. | Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. |
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. | A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold. |
But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake. | For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you. |
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. | For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. |
Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. | Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. |
Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous. | A little that a righteous man has Is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the Lord upholds the righteous. |
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother. | Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. |
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live. Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God. | I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God. |
If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. | If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. |
One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind. | One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. |
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. | For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day. | Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. |
For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come. | For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. |
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits. | Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. |
Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! | Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? |
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. | That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. |