~ were better for ~ 40_MAT_18_06  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea. #, 42_LUK_17_02  It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. #, 46_1CO_09_15  But I have used none of these things, neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me, for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. #,