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'May Yahweh bless you, daughter,' he said, 'for this second act of faithful love of yours is greater than the first, since you have not run after young men, poor or rich. (Ruth 3, 10)
By the same token, if the people had been allowed to eat some of the booty which they had captured from the enemy today, would not the defeat of the Philistines have been all the greater?' (1 Samuel 14, 30)
David then said to the messenger, 'Say this to Joab, "Do not take the matter to heart; the sword devours now one and now another. Attack the town in greater force and destroy it." That will encourage him.' (2 Samuel 11, 25)
Amnon was then seized with extreme hatred for her; the hatred he now felt for her was greater than his earlier love. 'Get up and go!' he said. (2 Samuel 13, 15)
She then said, 'Let the king be pleased to pronounce the name of Yahweh your God, so that the avenger of blood may not do greater harm and destroy my son.' 'As Yahweh lives,' he said, 'not one of your son's hairs shall fall to the ground!' (2 Samuel 14, 11)
As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than the throne of my lord King David!' (1 Kings 1, 37)
You have conquered Edom and now aspire to even greater glory. Stay where you belong! Why provoke disaster, to your own and Judah's ruin?' (2 Kings 14, 10)
Although Judah grew greater than his brothers and a leader came from him, the birthright was Joseph's. (1 Chronicles 5, 2)
and the house which I am building must be large, for our God is greater than all gods; (2 Chronicles 2, 4)
"Look at me, the conqueror of Edom," you say, and now aspire to even greater glory. But stay where you belong! Why challenge disaster, to your own and Judah's ruin?' (2 Chronicles 25, 19)
May the God of our ancestors keep you in his favour! May he crown your designs with success to the glory of the children of Israel, to the greater glory of Jerusalem! (Judith 10, 8)
By now everyone had left Holofernes, and no one, either important or unimportant, was left in the bedroom. Standing beside the bed, Judith murmured to herself: Lord God, to whom all strength belongs, prosper what my hands are now to do for the greater glory of Jerusalem; (Judith 13, 4)
