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1 Corinthians 7:38 (100.00%)

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.

So G5620 then G2532 he that giveth [her] in marriage G1547 (PresActPtc) doeth G4160 (PresActInd) well G2573; but G1161 he that giveth [her] G1547 not G3361 in marriage G1547 (PresActPtc) doeth G4160 (PresActInd) better G2908.

so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

1 Corinthians 7:9 (100.00%)

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.

But G1161 if G1487 they G1467 cannot G3756 contain G1467 (PresMidPasDepInd), let them marry G1060 (AorActImpr): for G1063 it is G2076 (PresInd) better G2909 to marry G1060 (AorActInf) than G2228 to burn G4448 (PresPasInf).

and if they have not continence-let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

1 Corinthians 11:17 (100.00%)

But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Now G1161 in this G5124 that I declare G3853 (PresActPtc) [unto you] I praise G1867 (PresActInd) [you] not G3756, that G3754 ye come together G4905 (PresMidPasDepInd) not G3756 for G1519 the better G2909, but G235 for G1519 the worse G2276.

And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

1 Corinthians 12:31 (100.00%)

But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.

But G1161 covet earnestly G2206 (PresActImpr) the best G2909 gifts G5486: and G2532 yet G2089 shew I G1166 (PresActInd) unto you G5213 a more G2596 excellent G5236 way G3598.

and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:

Philippians 1:23 (100.00%)

But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

For G1063 I am in a strait G4912 (PresPasInd) betwixt G1537 two G1417, having G2192 (PresActPtc) a desire G1939 to G1519 depart G360 (AorActInf), and G2532 to be G1511 (PresInf) with G4862 Christ G5547; which is far G4183 G3123 better G2908:

for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

Hebrews 1:4 (100.00%)

having become as much better than the angels as the more excellent name he has inherited is better than theirs.

Being made G1096 (Aor2MidDepPtc) so much G5118 better than G2909 the angels G32, as G3745 he hath by inheritance obtained G2816 (PerfActInd) a more excellent G1313 name G3686 than G3844 they G846.

having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they.

Hebrews 6:9 (100.00%)

But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

But G1161, beloved G27, we are persuaded G3982 (PerfPasInd) better things G2909 of G4012 you G5216, and G2532 things that accompany G2192 (PresPasPtc) salvation G4991, though G1499 we G2980 thus G3779 speak G2980 (PresActInd).

and we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we speak,

Hebrews 7:19 (100.00%)

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

For G1063 the law G3551 made G5048 nothing G3762 perfect G5048 (AorActInd), but G1161 the bringing in G1898 of a better G2909 hope G1680 [did]; by G1223 the which G3739 we draw nigh G1448 (PresActInd) unto God G2316.

(for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

Hebrews 8:6 (100.00%)

But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

But G1161 now G3570 hath he obtained G5177 (PerfActInd) a more excellent G1313 ministry G3009, by how much G3745 also G2532 he is G2076 (PresInd) the mediator G3316 of a better G2909 covenant G1242, which G3748 was established G3549 (PerfPasInd) upon G1909 better G2909 promises G1860.

and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

Hebrews 7:22 (100.00%)

By so much, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

By G2596 so much G5118 was G1096 Jesus G2424 made G1096 (Perf2ActInd) a surety G1450 of a better G2909 testament G1242.

by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

Hebrews 7:7 (100.00%)

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

And G1161 without G5565 all G3956 contradiction G485 the less G1640 is blessed G2127 (PresPasInd) of G5259 the better G2909.

and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed-

Hebrews 9:23 (100.00%)

It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

[It was] therefore G3767 necessary G318 that the patterns G5262 of things G3303 in G1722 the heavens G3772 should be purified G2511 (PresPasInf) with these G5125; but G1161 the heavenly things G2032 themselves G846 with better G2909 sacrifices G2378 than G3844 these G5025.

It is necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;

Hebrews 10:34 (100.00%)

For you both had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

For G2532 G1063 ye had compassion G4834 (AorActInd) of me in my G3450 bonds G1199, and G2532 took G4327 (AorMidDepInd) joyfully G3326 G5479 the spoiling G724 of your G5216 goods G5224 (PresActPtc), knowing G1097 (PresActPtc) in G1722 yourselves G1438 that ye have G2192 (PresActInf) in G1722 heaven G3772 a better G2909 and G2532 an enduring G3306 (PresActPtc) substance G5223.

for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

Hebrews 11:16 (100.00%)

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

But G1161 now G3570 they desire G3713 (PresMidPtc) a better G2909 [country], that is G5123 (PresInd), an heavenly G2032: wherefore G1352 God G2316 is G1870 not G3756 ashamed G1870 (PresMidPasDepInd) G846 to be called G1941 (PresPasInf) their G846 God G2316: for G1063 he hath prepared G2090 (AorActInd) for them G846 a city G4172.

but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.

Hebrews 11:35 (100.00%)

Women received their dead by resurrection.^† Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

Hebrews 11:35 1 Kings 17:17-23; 2 Kings 4:32-37

Women G1135 received G2983 (Aor2ActInd) their G846 dead G3498 raised to life again G1537 G386: and G1161 others G243 were tortured G5178 (AorPasInd), not G3756 accepting G4327 (AorMidDepPtc) deliverance G629; that G2443 they might obtain G5177 (Aor2ActSubj) a better G2909 resurrection G386:

Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

Hebrews 11:40 (100.00%)

God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

God G2316 having provided G4265 (AorMidPtc) some G5100 better G2909 thing G5100 for G4012 us G2257, that G3363 they G5048 without G5565 us G2257 should G5048 not G3363 be made perfect G5048 (AorPasSubj).

God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.

Hebrews 12:24 (100.00%)

to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,^† and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

Hebrews 12:24 Jeremiah 31:31

And G2532 to Jesus G2424 the mediator G3316 of the new G3501 covenant G1242, and G2532 to the blood G129 of sprinkling G4473, that speaketh G2980 (PresActPtc) better things G2909 than G3844 [that of] Abel G6.

and to a mediator of a new covenant-Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

1 Peter 3:17 (100.00%)

For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil.

For G1063 [it is] better G2909, if G1487 the will G2307 of God G2316 be so G2309 (PresActInd), that ye suffer G3958 (PresActInf) for well doing G15 (PresActPtc), than G2228 for evil doing G2554 (PresActPtc).

for it is better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

2 Peter 2:21 (100.00%)

For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

For G1063 it had been G2258 (ImpfInd) better G2909 for them G846 not G3361 to have known G1921 (PerfActInf) the way G3598 of righteousness G1343, than G2228, after they have known G1921 (Aor2ActPtc) [it], to turn G1994 (AorActInf) from G1537 the holy G40 commandment G1785 delivered G3860 (AorPasPtc) unto them G846.

for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.