42 Bible Verses About Worth

And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.