'Greatest' in the Bible

and blinded the men who were at the entrance of the house, from the least important to the greatest, so they were unable to find the doorway.

Hebron used to be known as Kiriath-arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. After all of this, the land enjoyed rest from war.

And what about me? Where will I go to escape this disgrace? And as for you, you'll be known as one of Israel's greatest fools! So please talk to the king, because he won't withhold me from you!"

These descendants of Gad were army leaders. The least of them was equal to a hundred other soldiers and the greatest to a thousand.

When those days were over, the king held a seven-day banquet in the courtyard of the garden of his palace for all the people who were present in Susa the capital, from the greatest to the least important.

When the edict of the king that he issues is heard throughout his kingdom for it's vast then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the greatest to the least important."

My greatest fears have overcome me; my honor is assaulted as though by a wind storm; my prosperity evaporates like a morning cloud."

No longer will a person teach his neighbor or his relative: "Know the LORD.' Instead, they'll all know me, from the least to the greatest of them," declares the LORD. "Indeed, I'll forgive their iniquity, and I'll remember their sin no more."

Then all the military leaders, Kareah's son Jonathan, Hoshaiah's son Jezaniah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached Jeremiah.

So he called Kareah's son Jonathan, all the military leaders who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

The people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least important.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven?"

Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven,

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"

This is the greatest and most important commandment.

The person who is greatest among you must be your servant.

But they kept silent, because they had argued on the road with one another about who was the greatest.

Later, an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

Then he told them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, because the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest."

Now an argument sprang up among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you should become like the youngest, and the one who leads should become like the one who serves.

Everyone from the least to the greatest paid close attention to him, saying, "This is what we call the great power of God!"

Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.