Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'than' occurs 687 times in the standard works.

232 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'than' in the standard works and contain 33.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 82 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lam. 4:6-9 (6 in 4 verses)

Abr. 3:18-19 (5 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 42:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Job 11:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 19:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 55:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:51-52 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:98-100 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 16:32-17:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 6:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 7:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 11:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 7:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 14:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:47 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 35:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 52:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 55:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 84:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 93:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 130:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:40 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:44 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:37 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)


Prov. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.




Prov. 18:24-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 344 308 652
Gen. 15 2 17
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 12 5 17
Num. 5 13 18
Deut. 9 1 10
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 8 3 11
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 10 73 83
2 Sam. 14 40 54
1 Kgs. 14 18 32
2 Kgs. 4 5 9
1 Chr. 3 44 47
2 Chr. 8 11 19
Ezra 1 9 10
Neh. 0 15 15
Esth. 4 2 6
Job 29 1 30
Ps. 39 35 74
Prov. 43 0 43
Eccl. 35 0 35
Song. 6 0 6
Isa. 15 3 18
Jer. 9 23 32
Lam. 7 0 7
Ezek. 20 0 20
Dan. 10 2 12
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 2 1 3
Jonah 3 1 4
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 4 0 4
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 139 95 234
BM 131 49 180
DC 48 16 64
PGP 25 1 26
TOTAL 687 469 1156

Prov. 3:14
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Prov. 3:15
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Prov. 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Prov. 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Prov. 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Prov. 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Prov. 11:24
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Prov. 12:9
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Prov. 12:26
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Prov. 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Prov. 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Prov. 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Prov. 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Prov. 16:19
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Prov. 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Prov. 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Prov. 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Prov. 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Prov. 18:19
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Prov. 18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Prov. 19:1
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Prov. 19:22
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

Prov. 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Prov. 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Prov. 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Prov. 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Prov. 25:7
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Prov. 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Prov. 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Prov. 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Prov. 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Prov. 27:5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Prov. 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Prov. 28:6
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Prov. 28:23
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Prov. 29:20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Prov. 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.