Better is open ¹  rebuke than hidden ²  love.

Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. ¹  (Selah)

I am more discerning than those older than I, for I observe your precepts.

For her ¹  benefit ²  is more profitable ³  than silver, and her ⁴  gain ⁵  is better ⁶  than gold.

Receive my instruction ¹  rather than ²  silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

The end of a matter ¹  is better than its beginning; likewise, patience ²  is better than pride. ³ 

ז (Zayin) Her consecrated ones ¹  were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair ²  like lapis lazuli. ³ 

The waters rose more than twenty feet ¹  above the mountains. ² 

They are of greater value ¹  than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight ²  than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey! ¹ 

It is higher ¹  than the heavens – what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol ²  – what can you know?

I yearn for the Lord, ¹  more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning. ² 

My fruit is better than the purest gold, ¹  and what I produce ²  is better than choice silver.

How much better it is to acquire ¹  wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable ²  than silver.

A good name ¹  is to be chosen ²  rather than great wealth, good favor ³  more than silver or gold.

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce ¹  than gold from Ophir.

Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved ¹  during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

who teaches us ¹  more than ²  the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

Better to be slow to anger ¹  than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper ²  is better than ³  one who captures a city. ⁴