King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ¹ 

Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt. ¹ 

King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ¹ 

So ¹  I was far wealthier ²  than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity: ³ 

But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red, ¹ 

This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, ¹  because he existed before me.’

Now the law came in ¹  so that the transgression ²  may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

The blessings of your father are greater than ¹  the blessings of the eternal mountains ²  or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers. ³ 

Then Amnon greatly despised her. ¹  His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. ²  Amnon said to her, “Get up and leave!”

Have you not copied their behavior ¹  and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time ²  you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

John ¹  testified ²  about him and shouted out, ³  “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, ⁴  because he existed before me.’”