35 Bible Verses about Worth

is not a man of much greater consequence than a sheep? how lawful then is it to do good offices on the sabbath-day?

lay aside then your fears, ye are of a superior rank to those animals.

for the scripture says, "thou shalt not muzzle the ox, when he treads the corn." and, "the labourer is worthy of his reward."

and there came a certain poor widow, who threw in two mites, to the value of a farthing.

things that little affect me, nor is life so much my concern, as to finish my course, and the charge I receiv'd from the Lord Jesus, to attest the declaration of the divine favour.

you know he has stood the test, and has serv'd with me in the gospel, as a son serves with his father.

nay I think them disadvantages when put in competition with the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whose sake I abandon all these things, and count them as straw, that I may gain Christ,

for I consider, that the sufferings of this present life are infinitely over-ballanc'd by that glory which shall hereafter be discovered to us.

nay, the very hairs of your head can't fall without being number'd: be not then afraid; there is no comparison between you and sparrows.

consider the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor lay up any stores; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they?

that your conduct may be worthy of the Lord, in every respect agreeable to him, being friutful in every kind of virtue, and increasing in divine knowledge:

and meeting with one of great value, presently sells all that he has to make the purchase.

I therefore the prisoner for the Lord, beseech you to live suitably to the offers that have been made to you:

I therefore direct you, not to be sollicitous, with regard to life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor with regard to the body, what clothes ye shall wear: Is not life it self a greater gift than food; and the body a greater gift than rayment?

but in the internal qualities of the mind, in that purity, in that mild and dispassionate temper, which is so acceptable to the divine being.

that your faith being put to a more advantageous proof, than that of gold, which loses by the essay, may redound to your praise and highest honour at the appearance of Jesus Christ:

consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: nor have cellar or barn: are not you of much greater value than the fowls?

he that loveth father or mother more than me, is unworthy of me: he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is unworthy of me.

nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staves: for the workman deserves his maintenance.

whether it be an advantage to me or not still to lead this mortal life, what to chuse I cannot tell.

said, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, to be given to the poor?

Philip answered him, two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient to furnish every one of them a little.

only conduct yourselves in a manner becoming the gospel of Christ, that whether I come to see you, or else am absent, I may have this account of you, that you are stedfastly of the same resolution, and unanimously contend for the faith of the gospel,

Let the presbyters that govern well receive a double salary, especially those who are employ'd in preaching and instructing.

Jesus answered him, whoever puts his hand to the plough, and looks back, is not fit to be employ'd in the kingdom of God.

what advantage is it to a man to gain the whole world at the price of his life? or what would not a man pay down to preserve his life?

exercise yourself in piety: for those exercises which relate only to the body are of little consequence, but piety is of absolute use, having the promises both of the present life, and of the life that is to come.

many that had practis'd magical arts, brought the books and publickly threw them into the fire: the value by computation amounting to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

(of whom the world was not worthy) they wandred in desarts, and in mountains, having no retreat but the dens and caves of the earth.

and I saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof."

esteeming the sufferings of Israel greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he had an eye to the reward.

"thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power: for thou hast created all things, by thy WILL they subsist, and were created."