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Of Former Times
... Above all, it is supposed that the former generations of men excelled the present
in virtue; that mankind in every age, and in every nation, have degenerated ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 102 of former times.htm

Philippians ii. 4-Jan
... He that is puffed up, is puffed up as if he had excelled by his own strength, and
he who thinks he has thus excelled is ungrateful toward Him who bestowed that ...
/.../homily v philippians ii 4-jan.htm

With Regard, Indeed, to Your Bringing Forward to us Other Bands of ...
... Præstana was named, according to you, because, in throwing the javelin, Quirinus
excelled all in strength; [4091] and the goddess Panda, or Pantica, was named ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/3 with regard indeed to.htm

How There is no Reason which Can be Shown for the Selection of ...
... What is the cause, therefore, which has driven so many select gods to these very
small works, in which they are excelled by Vitumnus and Sentinus, though ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 3 how there is no.htm

Concerning Plato, the Chief among the Disciples of Socrates, and ...
... But, among the disciples of Socrates, Plato was the one who shone with a glory which
far excelled that of the others, and who not unjustly eclipsed them all. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 4 concerning plato the chief.htm

History of Public Speaking
... deliberate forethought. He excelled other men not because of great natural ability
but because of intelligent and continuous industry. He ...
/.../kleiser/successful methods of public speaking/history of public speaking.htm

How the Midianites and Other Nations Fought against the Israelites ...
... But God stood by Gideon in his sleep, and told him that mankind were too fond
of themselves, and were enemies to such as excelled in virtue. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how the midianites.htm

Conclusion
... common to mankind, but also by a certain pleasure in it; for no one would be glad
to see an art going into decay, in which he himself excelled, and what is ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/the training of a public speaker/conclusion.htm

It is Time to Describe the Great and Celebrated Spectacle of ...
... He especially excelled all in our time in most sincere devotion to the Divine
Scriptures and indefatigable industry in whatever he undertook, and in his ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pamphilius/church history/chapter xi it is time.htm

Concerning the Wife of Solomon; Concerning his Wisdom and Riches ...
... the kingdom to his posterity for a very long time, if he continued righteous and
obedient to him, and imitated his father in those things wherein he excelled. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 concerning the wife.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Excel.

Thesaurus

Excelled (4 Occurrences)
...Excelled (4 Occurrences). 1 Kings 4:30 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom
of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. ...
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East (228 Occurrences)
... It is said that "Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the
east" (1 Kings 4:30), and "Wise-men from the east" came to Jerusalem seeking ...
/e/east.htm - 51k

Excel (12 Occurrences)

/e/excel.htm - 10k

Alexandria (4 Occurrences)
... In the Egyptian district was the temple dedicated to Serapis (Osiris-Apis)
which was only excelled in grandeur by the capitol at Rome. ...
/a/alexandria.htm - 31k

Excellence (31 Occurrences)

/e/excellence.htm - 15k

Jonathan (109 Occurrences)
... his father's accession to the throne (1 Samuel 13:2). Like his father, he was a
man of great strength and activity (2 Samuel 1:23), and excelled in archery and ...
/j/jonathan.htm - 59k

Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)
... a compound of the alpha privitive (negation) and Selge, a Pisidian city whose
inhabitants according to Thayer (New Testament Lexicon) "excelled in strictness ...
/l/lasciviousness.htm - 11k

Fact (98 Occurrences)
... a circumstance. 3. (n.) Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled
all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten. 4. (n.) The ...
/f/fact.htm - 36k

Tarsus (5 Occurrences)
... It was distinguished for its wealth and for its schools of learning, in which it
rivalled, nay, excelled even Athens and Alexandria, and hence was spoken of as ...
/t/tarsus.htm - 30k

Darda (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Pearl of wisdom, one of the four who were noted for
their wisdom, but whom Solomon excelled (1 Kings 4:31). Int. ...
/d/darda.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Excelled (4 Occurrences)

1 Kings 4:30 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

1 Kings 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 9:22 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
(WBS NIV)

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Excelled

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East (228 Occurrences)

Excel (12 Occurrences)

Alexandria (4 Occurrences)