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)

 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.




Mark 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 82 0 82
NT 35 1 36
Matt. 5 0 5
Mark 4 1 5
Luke 3 0 3
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 5 0 5
Philip. 2 0 2
Heb. 13 0 13
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 25 0 25
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 147 1 148

Matt. 6:26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Matt. 12:12
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Matt. 18:6
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Matt. 18:8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

Matt. 18:9
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.