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
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

1 Cor. 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

1 Cor. 7:38
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

1 Cor. 8:8
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

1 Cor. 9:15
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

1 Cor. 11:17
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.