Quotes about Value
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
— Ezekiel 45:12
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
— Hosea 3:2
But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
— Jonah 4:10
Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
— Zechariah 11:12
And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
— Zechariah 11:13
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
— Matthew 5:13
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
— Matthew 6:19
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
— Matthew 6:26
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
— Matthew 7:6
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
— Matthew 10:31
How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
— Matthew 12:12
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
— Matthew 13:45