'Greater' in the Bible

God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.

There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?”

You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you.”

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people.”

I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”

driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today.

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you,

“If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’

“Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities fortified to heaven,

Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.

that he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of hosts was with him.

Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up, go away!”

But she said to him, “No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!” Yet he would not listen to her.

As the Lord has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!”

Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

David became greater and greater, for the Lord of hosts was with him.

The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

So Jehoshaphat grew greater and greater, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah.

“Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the one with us is greater than the one with him.

Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

“Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this,For God is greater than man.

“As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

For the iniquity of the daughter of my peopleIs greater than the sin of Sodom,Which was overthrown as in a moment,And no hands were turned toward her.

And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? But yet you will see still greater abominations.”

And He said to me, “Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing.”

He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these.”

For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and after an interval of some years he will press on with a great army and much equipment.

Go over to Calneh and look,And go from there to Hamath the great,Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.Are they better than these kingdoms,Or is their territory greater than yours?

‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares the Lord of hosts.”

Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”

I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

And Jesus said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate?

who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?”

For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel.

But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?”

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

But earnestly desire the greater gifts.And I show you a still more excellent way.

Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying.

Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater;

For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing,

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord.

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.