Better than that

1. Gen. 29: 19
     19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
2. Ex. 14: 12
     12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
3. 1 Sam. 27: 1
     1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
4. Prov. 12: 9
     9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
5. Prov. 16: 32
     32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
6. Prov. 19: 1
     1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
7. Prov. 25: 7
     7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
8. Prov. 28: 6
     6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
9. Eccl. 2: 24
     24 ¶ There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
10. Eccl. 3: 22
      22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
11. Eccl. 5: 5
      5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
12. Lam. 4: 9
      9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
13. Luke 17: 2
      2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
14. 1 Cor. 9: 15
      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.
15. Heb. 12: 24
      24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
16. 1 Ne. 4: 13
      13 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.
17. Jacob 2: 13
      13 And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because some of you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks and high heads because of the costliness of your apparel, and persecute your brethren because ye suppose that ye are better than they.
18. Mosiah 20: 22
      22 And now let us pacify the king, and we fulfil the oath which we have made unto him; for it is better that we should be in bondage than that we should lose our lives; therefore, let us put a stop to the shedding of so much blood.
19. Alma 30: 47
      47 But behold, it is better that thy soul should be lost than that thou shouldst be the means of bringing many souls down to destruction, by thy lying and by thy flattering words; therefore if thou shalt deny again, behold God shall smite thee, that thou shalt become dumb, that thou shalt never open thy mouth any more, that thou shalt not deceive this people any more.
20. 3 Ne. 12: 30
      30 For it is better that ye should deny yourselves of these things, wherein ye will take up your cross, than that ye should be cast into hell.