better

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KJV PCE

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Romans 3:9 · retained source text

What then? are wee better then they? No in no wise: for we haue before proued both Iewes, and Gentiles, that they are all vnder sinne,

1611 marginal noteGr. charged.

Complete reference index — all 114 verses

Genesis 29:19 Exodus 14:12 Numbers 14:3 Judges 8:2 Judges 9:2 Judges 11:25 Judges 18:19 Ruth 4:15 1 Samuel 1:8 1 Samuel 15:22 1 Samuel 15:28 1 Samuel 27:1 2 Samuel 17:14 2 Samuel 18:3 1 Kings 1:47 1 Kings 2:32 1 Kings 19:4 1 Kings 21:2 2 Kings 5:12 2 Chronicles 21:13 Esther 1:19 Psalms 37:16 Psalms 63:3 Psalms 69:31 Psalms 84:10 Psalms 118:8 Psalms 118:9 Psalms 119:72 Proverbs 3:14 Proverbs 8:11 Proverbs 8:19 Proverbs 12:9 Proverbs 15:16 Proverbs 15:17 Proverbs 16:8 Proverbs 16:16 Proverbs 16:19 Proverbs 16:32 Proverbs 17:1 Proverbs 19:1 Proverbs 19:22 Proverbs 21:9 Proverbs 21:19 Proverbs 25:7 Proverbs 25:24 Proverbs 27:5 Proverbs 27:10 Proverbs 28:6 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:22 Ecclesiastes 4:3 Ecclesiastes 4:6 Ecclesiastes 4:9 Ecclesiastes 4:13 Ecclesiastes 5:5 Ecclesiastes 6:3 Ecclesiastes 6:9 Ecclesiastes 6:11 Ecclesiastes 7:1 Ecclesiastes 7:2 Ecclesiastes 7:3 Ecclesiastes 7:5 Ecclesiastes 7:8 Ecclesiastes 7:10 Ecclesiastes 8:15 Ecclesiastes 9:4 Ecclesiastes 9:16 Ecclesiastes 9:18 Ecclesiastes 10:11 Song of Solomon 1:2 Song of Solomon 4:10 Isaiah 56:5 Lamentations 4:9 Ezekiel 36:11 Daniel 1:20 Hosea 2:7 Amos 6:2 Jonah 4:3 Jonah 4:8 Nahum 3:8 Matthew 6:26 Matthew 12:12 Matthew 18:6 Matthew 18:8 Matthew 18:9 Mark 9:42 Mark 9:43 Mark 9:45 Mark 9:47 Luke 5:39 Luke 12:24 Luke 17:2 Romans 3:9 1 Corinthians 7:9 1 Corinthians 7:38 1 Corinthians 8:8 1 Corinthians 9:15 1 Corinthians 11:17 Philippians 1:23 Philippians 2:3 Hebrews 1:4 Hebrews 6:9 Hebrews 7:7 Hebrews 7:19 Hebrews 7:22 Hebrews 8:6 Hebrews 9:23 Hebrews 10:34 Hebrews 11:16 Hebrews 11:35 Hebrews 11:40 Hebrews 12:24 1 Peter 3:17 2 Peter 2:21

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Genesis 29:19 1 Kings 19:4 Proverbs 15:16 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 9:4 Matthew 12:12 1 Corinthians 11:17 2 Peter 2:21

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Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

With more affection; in a higher degree. More correctly, or fully. With superior excellence.

volume 1, leaf 269, column 3 (main_dictionary)

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