Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.

So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

“But you smear with lies;
You are all worthless physicians.

And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

She is more precious than jewels;
And nothing you desire compares with her.

But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your valuation as holy to the Lord.

The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver,
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

The priest shall value it as either good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent.

“Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.

The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!

Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones.

so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

For the redemption of his soul is costly,
And he should cease trying forever—

“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”

More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,

If they are from sixty years old and upward, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.

These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.

They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

“You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God.

If, therefore, a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it one-fifth of it.

Ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.

The lambs will be for your clothing,
And the goats will bring the price of a field,

No man can by any means redeem his brother
Or give to God a ransom for him—

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard.

“Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.

For wisdom is protection just as money is protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.

‘Again, if a man consecrates to the Lord part of the fields of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it: a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.

Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.

For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified;

You sell Your people cheaply,
And have not profited by their sale.

who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.

Or if he consecrates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property,

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;