Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'better' occurs 147 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'better' in the standard works and contain 17% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 6:11-7:3 (5 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 7:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 7:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 118:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 82 0 82
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Judg. 4 0 4
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 7 0 7
Prov. 20 0 20
Eccl. 23 0 23
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 1 0 1
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 35 1 36
BM 25 0 25
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 147 1 148

2 Sam. 17:14
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Sam. 18:3
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.