'Value' in the Bible

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!"

Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,

Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body -- a wisdom with no true value -- they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.

For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."

So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,