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

Song. 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Song. 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!