Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Preferred’ 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 ‘Preferred’ occurs 6 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 ‘Preferred’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 29:30 And, having at last obtained the marriage he desired, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and he served with him another seven years.Genesis 29:30
Number of the word / term Preferred in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Preferred’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 2:15 “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all of Israel had preferred me for themselves as king. But the kingdom was transferred, and has become my brother’s. For it was appointed to him by the Lord.1 Kings 2:15
Number of the word / term Preferred in 1 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Preferred’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 5:16 In fact, I preferred to build in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered to do the work.Nehemiah 5:16
Number of the word / term Preferred in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Preferred’ in the book Esther
Esther 10:3 and how Mordecai of Jewish birth, was second after king Artaxerxes, and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking about things which pertained to peace for their descendents. And Mordecai said, “By God have these things been done. I remember a dream that I saw, which signified these same things, and nothing of this whatsoever has failed to occur. The little fountain which grew into a river, and had turned into light and into the sun, and overflowed into many waters, is Esther, whom the king received as wife and whom he preferred to be queen. But the two dragons are I and Haman. The peoples who gathered together are those who had attempted to erase the name of the Jews. And my people is Israel, who cried out to the Lord, and the Lord brought salvation to his people, and he freed us from all evils, and he created great signs and portents among the nations. And he commanded there to be two lots, one for the people of God and the other for all the nations. And both lots arrived at the day appointed before God, even from that past time, for all peoples. And the Lord remembered his people and had mercy on his inheritance. And these days shall be observed in the month of Adar, on the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with all zealousness and joy, by the people gathered together into one union, throughout all the generations hereafter of the people of Israel.” In the fourth year of the reigns of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who was himself a priest and born of the Levites, and Ptolemy his son, brought this epistle of Purim, which they said was a translation by Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy in Jerusalem.Esther 10:3
Number of the word / term Preferred in Esther: 1
Bible passages with ‘Preferred’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 41:11 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.Psalm 41:11
Number of the word / term Preferred in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Preferred’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 1:19 Then Joseph, her husband, since he was just and was not willing to hand her over, preferred to send her away secretly.Matthew 1:19
Number of the word / term ‘Preferred’ in Matthew: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 6
