| Esther 2:9 | And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, [which were] meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best [place] of the house of the women. |
| Daniel 6:3 | 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. |
| John 1:15 | John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. |
| John 1:27 | He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. |
| John 1:30 | This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. |