Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Less’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Less’ occurs 33 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 18:28 What if there were five less than fifty of the just? Would you, despite the forty-five, eliminate the entire city?” And he said, “I will not eliminate it, if I find forty-five there.”Genesis 18:28
Genesis 32:10 I am less than any of your compassions and your truth, which you have fulfilled to your servant. With my staff I crossed over this Jordan. And now I go back with two companies.Genesis 32:10
Number of the word / term Less in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 12:4 But if the number is less than may suffice to be able to consume the lamb, he shall accept his neighbor, who has been joined with his house according to the number of souls that may suffice to be able to eat the lamb.Exodus 12:4
Exodus 16:17 And the sons of Israel did so. And they collected: some more, others less.Exodus 16:17
Exodus 16:18 And they measured by the measure of an omer. He who collected more, did not have too much; nor did he who prepared less, find too little. But each one gathered according to what they were able to eat.Exodus 16:18
Number of the word / term Less in Exodus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 25:16 The more years that will remain after the Jubilee, the more the price shall increase, and the less the time is numbered, so much less shall the purchase price be. For he will sell to you the time for the produce.Leviticus 25:16
Number of the word / term Less in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 22:18 Balaam responded: “Even if Balak were to give to me his own house, filled with silver and gold, I still would not be able to change the word of the Lord my God, neither to say more, nor to say less.Numbers 22:18
Numbers 33:54 which you shall divide among you by lot. To the greater number you shall give more, and to the lesser number, less. To each one, just as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be distributed. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and families.Numbers 33:54
Numbers 35:8 And concerning these cities, which shall be given from the possessions of the sons of Israel: from those who have more, more shall be taken, and from those who have less, less shall be taken. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the measure of their inheritance.”Numbers 35:8
Number of the word / term Less in Numbers: 3
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:27 Is it, then, to be understood that truly God would dwell upon the earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, are not able to contain you, how much less this house, which I have built?1 Kings 8:27
Number of the word / term Less in 1 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 6:18 How then is it to be believe that God would dwell with men upon the earth? If heaven and the heavens of the heavens do not contain you, how much less this house that I have built?2 Chronicles 6:18
Number of the word / term Less in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Job
Job 11:6 so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.Job 11:6
Number of the word / term Less in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 8:5 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,Psalm 8:5
Number of the word / term Less in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 8:17 And I understood that man is able to find no explanation for all those works of God which are done under the sun. And so, the more that he labors to seek, so much the less does he find. Yes, even if a wise man were to claim that he knows, he would not be able to discover it.Ecclesiastes 8:17
Ecclesiastes 10:11 Whoever slanders in secret is nothing less than a snake that bites silently.Ecclesiastes 10:11
Number of the word / term Less in Ecclesiastes: 2
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 16:47 But neither have you walked in their ways. For you have done only a little less compared to their wickedness. You have acted almost more wickedly, in all your ways, than they have acted.Ezekiel 16:47
Number of the word / term Less in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Haggai
Haggai 1:9 You have looked for more, and behold, it became less, and you brought it home, and I blew it away. What is the cause of this, says the Lord of hosts? It is because my house is desolate, yet you have hurried, each one to his own house.Haggai 1:9
Number of the word / term Less in Haggai: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Mark
Mark 4:31 It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it has been sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds which are in the earth.Mark 4:31
Number of the word / term Less in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Luke
Luke 7:47 Because of this, I tell you: many sins are forgiven her, because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven less, loves less.”Luke 7:47
Number of the word / term Less in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 8:8 Yet food does not commend us to God. For if we eat, we will not have more, and if we do not eat, we will not have less.1 Corinthians 8:8
1 Corinthians 12:23 And though we consider certain parts of the body to be less noble, we surround these with more abundant dignity, and so, those parts which are less presentable end up with more abundant respect.1 Corinthians 12:23
Number of the word / term Less in 1 Corinthians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 8:15 “He with more did not have too much; and he with less did not have too little.”2 Corinthians 8:15
2 Corinthians 11:5 For I consider that I have done nothing less than the great Apostles.2 Corinthians 11:5
2 Corinthians 11:23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as if I were less wise); more so am I: with many more labors, with numerous imprisonments, with wounds beyond measure, with frequent mortifications.2 Corinthians 11:23
2 Corinthians 11:24 On five occasions, I received forty stripes, less one, from the Jews.2 Corinthians 11:24
2 Corinthians 12:11 I have become foolish; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I have been nothing less than those who claim to be above the measure of Apostles, even though I am nothing.2 Corinthians 12:11
2 Corinthians 12:13 For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury.2 Corinthians 12:13
2 Corinthians 12:15 And so, very willingly, I will spend and exhaust myself for the sake of your souls, loving you more, while being loved less.2 Corinthians 12:15
Number of the word / term Less in 2 Corinthians: 7
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 5:9 Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband,1 Timothy 5:9
Number of the word / term Less in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 2:7 You have reduced him to a little less than the Angels. You have crowned him with glory and honor, and you have set him over the works of your hands.Hebrews 2:7
Hebrews 2:9 Yet we understand that Jesus, who was reduced to a little less than the Angels, was crowned with glory and honor because of his Passion and death, in order that, by the grace of God, he might taste death for all.Hebrews 2:9
Hebrews 7:7 Yet this is without any contradiction, for what is less should be blessed by what is better.Hebrews 7:7
Number of the word / term Less in Hebrews: 3
Bible passages with ‘Less’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 2:16 So do penance to the same extent. If you do less, I will come to you quickly and I will fight against these ones with the sword of my mouth.Revelation 2:16
Number of the word / term ‘Less’ in Revelation: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 33
