Ellen

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

• Stubble

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

• Shield

Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

• Glory

{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.} O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

• Lying
• Character

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

• Branch

In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellers and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.

Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

• Paul

Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

• Miracles

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

• Treasure

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

• ABEL
• Decision
• Abel

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.