"It is better"

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. 2 Sam. 18: 3
   3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
3. Ps. 118: 8-9
   8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
   9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
4. Prov. 3: 14
   14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
5. Prov. 21: 9, 19
   9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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   19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
6. Prov. 25: 24
   24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
7. Eccl. 7: 2, 5
   2 ¶ It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
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   5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
8. Jonah 4: 3, 8
   3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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   8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
9. Matt. 18: 8-9
   8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
   9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10. Mark 9: 42-43, 45, 47
    42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
    43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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    45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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    47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
11. 1 Cor. 7: 9
    9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
12. 1 Pet. 3: 17
    17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
13. 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.
14. Mosiah 7: 15
    15 For behold, we are in bondage to the Lamanites, and are taxed with a tax which is grievous to be borne. And now, behold, our brethren will deliver us out of our bondage, or out of the hands of the Lamanites, and we will be their slaves; for it is better that we be slaves to the Nephites than to pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites.
15. 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.
16. Mosiah 29: 12
    12 Now it is better that a man should be judged of God than of man, for the judgments of God are always just, but the judgments of man are not always just.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. D&C 42: 80
    80 And if any man or woman shall commit adultery, he or she shall be tried before two elders of the church, or more, and every word shall be established against him or her by two witnesses of the church, and not of the enemy; but if there are more than two witnesses it is better.