Verses with the word than in the Apocrypha (140 verses):
1 Esdras 3:5
Let every one of us speak a sentence: he that shall overcome, and whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, unto him shall the king Darius give great gifts, and great things in token of victory:
1 Esdras 4:19
And letting all those things go, do they not gape, and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have not all men more desire unto her than unto silver or gold, or any goodly thing whatsoever?
1 Esdras 4:25
Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
1 Esdras 4:35
Is he not great that maketh these things? therefore great is the truth, and stronger than all things.
1 Esdras 4:42
Then said the king unto him, Ask what thou wilt more than is appointed in the writing, and we will give it thee, because thou art found wisest; and thou shalt sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin.
2 Esdras 1:18
Saying, Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us? it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than to die in this wilderness.
2 Esdras 2:43
And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.
2 Esdras 3:12
And it happened, that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first.
2 Esdras 3:31
I do not remember how this way may be left: Are they then of Babylon better than they of Sion?
2 Esdras 4:12
Then said I unto him, It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.
2 Esdras 4:45
Shew me then whether there be more to come than is past, or more past than is to come.
2 Esdras 4:50
Then said he unto me, Consider with thyself; as the rain is more than the drops, and as the fire is greater than the smoke; but the drops and the smoke remain behind: so the quantity which is past did more exceed.
2 Esdras 5:33
And I said, Speak on, my Lord. Then said he unto me, Thou art sore troubled in mind for Israel's sake: lovest thou that people better than he that made them?
2 Esdras 5:54
Consider thou therefore also, how that ye are less of stature than those that were before you.
2 Esdras 5:55
And so are they that come after you less than ye, as the creatures which now begin to be old, and have passed over the strength of youth.
2 Esdras 6:31
If thou wilt pray yet more, and fast seven days again, I shall tell thee greater things by day than I have heard.
2 Esdras 7:16
Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?
2 Esdras 7:55
And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?
2 Esdras 8:5
For thou hast agreed to give ear, and art willing to prophesy: for thou hast no longer space than only to live.
2 Esdras 8:30
Take thou no indignation at them which are deemed worse than beasts; but love them that always put their trust in thy righteousness and glory.
2 Esdras 8:47
For thou comest far short that thou shouldest be able to love my creature more than I: but I have ofttimes drawn nigh unto thee, and unto it, but never to the unrighteous.
2 Esdras 9:15
I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter, that there be many more of them which perish, than of them which shall be saved:
2 Esdras 9:16
Like as a wave is greater than a drop.
2 Esdras 10:11
Who then should make more mourning than she, that hath lost so great a multitude; and not thou, which art sorry but for one?
2 Esdras 11:4
But her heads were at rest: the head in the midst was greater than the other, yet rested it with the residue.
2 Esdras 11:27
And the second was sooner away than the first.
2 Esdras 11:29
And when they so thought, behold, there awaked one of the heads that were at rest, namely, it that was in the midst; for that was greater than the two other heads.
2 Esdras 11:32
But this head put the whole earth in fear, and bare rule in it over all those that dwelt upon the earth with much oppression; and it had the governance of the world more than all the wings that had been.
2 Esdras 12:15
Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more time than any of the twelve.
2 Esdras 12:45
For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,
2 Esdras 13:20
Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into these things, than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things that happen in the last days. And he answered unto me, and said,
2 Esdras 13:24
Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead.
2 Esdras 14:16
For yet greater evils than those which thou hast seen happen shall be done hereafter.
Tobit 2:14
But she replied upon me, It was given for a gift more than the wages. Howbeit I did not believe her, but bade her render it to the owners: and I was abashed at her. But she replied upon me, Where are thine alms and thy righteous deeds? behold, thou and all thy works are known.
Tobit 3:6
Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me.
Tobit 6:12
And the maid is fair and wise: now therefore hear me, and I will speak to her father; and when we return from Rages we will celebrate the marriage: for I know that Raguel cannot marry her to another according to the law of Moses, but he shall be guilty of death, because the right of inheritance doth rather appertain to thee than to any other.
Tobit 12:8
Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:
Judith 5:4
And why have they determined not to come and meet me, more than all the inhabitants of the west.
Judith 7:27
For it is better for us to be made a spoil unto them, than to die for thirst: for we will be his servants, that our souls may live, and not see the death of our infants before our eyes, nor our wives nor our children to die.
Judith 12:18
So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.
Judith 12:20
And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:24
For wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:29
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:5
If riches be a possession to be desired in this life; what is richer than wisdom, that worketh all things?
Wisdom of Solomon 8:6
And if prudence work; who of all that are is a more cunning workman than she?
Wisdom of Solomon 10:12
She defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait, and in a sore conflict she gave him the victory; that he might know that goodness is stronger than all.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:9
For when they were tried albeit but in mercy chastised, they knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, thirsting in another manner than the just.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:1
Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:10
His heart is ashes, his hope is more vile than earth, and his life of less value than clay:
Wisdom of Solomon 15:14
And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:17
For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:18
Yea, they worshipped those beasts also that are most hateful: for being compared together, some are worse than others.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:6
Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:13
And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:21
Over them only was spread an heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.
Sirach 3:23
Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.
Sirach 4:10
Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as the son of the most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.
Sirach 8:12
Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself; for if thou lendest him, count it but lost.
Sirach 10:9
Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.
Sirach 10:24
Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
Sirach 10:27
Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.
Sirach 13:2
Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.
Sirach 14:6
There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.
Sirach 16:3
Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.
Sirach 16:5
Many such things have I seen with mine eyes, and mine ear hath heard greater things than these.
Sirach 17:31
What is brighter than the sun? yet the light thereof faileth; and flesh and blood will imagine evil.
Sirach 18:16
Shall not the dew asswage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.
Sirach 18:17
Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a gracious man.
Sirach 19:24
He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
Sirach 20:2
It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly: and he that confesseth his fault shall be preserved from hurt.
Sirach 20:18
To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
Sirach 20:25
A thief is better than a man that is accustomed to lie: but they both shall have destruction to heritage.
Sirach 20:31
Better is he that hideth his folly than a man that hideth his wisdom.
Sirach 20:32
Necessary patience in seeking the Lord is better than he that leadeth his life without a guide.
Sirach 22:11
Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death.
Sirach 22:14
What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?
Sirach 22:15
Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding.
Sirach 23:19
Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.
Sirach 23:27
And they that remain shall know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and that there is nothing sweeter than to take heed unto the commandments of the Lord.
Sirach 24:20
For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance than the honeycomb.
Sirach 24:29
For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.
Sirach 25:8
Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served a man more unworthy than himself:
Sirach 25:16
I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house with a wicked woman.
Sirach 26:5
There be three things that mine heart feareth; and for the fourth I was sore afraid: the slander of a city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude, and a false accusation: all these are worse than death.
Sirach 28:21
The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.
Sirach 29:11
Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
Sirach 29:13
It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better than a mighty shield and strong spear.
Sirach 29:22
Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.
Sirach 30:14
Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.
Sirach 30:17
Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.
Sirach 31:13
Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
Sirach 33:21
For better it is that thy children should seek to thee, than that thou shouldest stand to their courtesy.
Sirach 34:11
When I travelled, I saw many things; and I understand more than I can express.
Sirach 36:18
The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
Sirach 36:21
A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.
Sirach 37:13
And let the counsel of thine own heart stand: for there is no man more faithful unto thee than it.
Sirach 37:14
For a man's mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.
Sirach 39:11
If he die, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: and if he live, he shall increase it.
Sirach 39:34
So that a man cannot say, This is worse than that: for in time they shall all be well approved.
Sirach 40:22
Thine eye desireth favour and beauty: but more than both corn while it is green.
Sirach 40:24
Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.
Sirach 40:28
My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.
Sirach 41:15
A man that hideth his foolishness is better than a man that hideth his wisdom.
Sirach 42:14
Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.
Sirach 43:32
There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:18
They light them candles, yea, more than for themselves, whereof they cannot see one.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:44
They are made of carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:58
Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:67
The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a cover and help themselves.
Additions to Daniel 1:14
For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.
Susanna 1:4
Now Joacim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining unto his house: and to him resorted the Jews; because he was more honourable than all others.
Susanna 1:23
It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
Susanna 1:39
And when we saw them together, the man we could not hold: for he was stronger than we, and opened the door, and leaped out.
1 Maccabees 3:59
For it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.
1 Maccabees 4:35
Now when Lysias saw his army put to flight, and the manliness of Judas' soldiers, and how they were ready either to live or die valiantly, he went into Antiochia, and gathered together a company of strangers, and having made his army greater than it was, he purposed to come again into Judea.
1 Maccabees 6:27
Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly, they will do the greater things than these, neither shalt thou be able to rule them.
1 Maccabees 6:43
Eleazar also, surnamed Savaran, perceiving that one of the beasts, armed with royal harness, was higher than all the rest, and supposing that the king was upon him,
1 Maccabees 10:38
And concerning the three governments that are added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be joined with Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one, nor bound to obey other authority than the high priest's.
1 Maccabees 10:62
Yea more than that, the king commanded to take off his garments, and clothe him in purple: and they did so.
1 Maccabees 12:24
Now when Jonathan heard that Demebius' princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than afore,
1 Maccabees 13:5
Now therefore be it far from me, that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble: for I am no better than my brethren.
1 Maccabees 13:48
Yea, he put all uncleanness out of it, and placed such men there as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built therein a dwellingplace for himself.
1 Maccabees 13:52
He ordained also that that day should be kept every year with gladness. Moreover the hill of the temple that was by the tower he made stronger than it was, and there he dwelt himself with his company.
2 Maccabees 4:24
But he being brought to the presence of the king, when he had magnified him for the glorious appearance of his power, got the priesthood to himself, offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
2 Maccabees 5:14
And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.
2 Maccabees 5:22
And he left governors to vex the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, for his country a Phrygian, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him there;
2 Maccabees 5:23
And at Garizim, Andronicus; and besides, Menelans, who worse than all the rest bare an heavy hand over the citizens, having a malicious mind against his countrymen the Jews.
2 Maccabees 6:19
But he, choosing rather to die gloriously, than to live stained with such an abomination, spit it forth, and came of his own accord to the torment,
2 Maccabees 7:2
But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers.
2 Maccabees 7:39
Than the king' being in a rage, handed him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.
2 Maccabees 8:9
Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.
2 Maccabees 10:17
And assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all that fought upon the wall, and slew all that fell into their hands, and killed no fewer than twenty thousand.
2 Maccabees 10:18
And because certain, who were no less than nine thousand, were fled together into two very strong castles, having all manner of things convenient to sustain the siege,
2 Maccabees 10:23
And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.
2 Maccabees 12:4
Who accepted of it according to the common decree of the city, as being desirous to live in peace, and suspecting nothing: but when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no less than two hundred of them.
2 Maccabees 12:10
Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their journey toward Timotheus, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him.
2 Maccabees 13:9
Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty mind to do far worse to the Jews, than had been done in his father's time.
2 Maccabees 14:30
Notwithstanding, when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor began to be churlish unto him, and that he entreated him more roughly than he was wont, perceiving that such sour behaviour came not of good, he gathered together not a few of his men, and withdrew himself from Nicanor.
2 Maccabees 14:42
Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:
2 Maccabees 15:27
So that fighting with their hands, and praying unto God with their hearts, they slew no less than thirty and five thousand men: for through the appearance of God they were greatly cheered.
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