'Valuable' in the Bible

Just as I considered your life valuable today, so may the Lord consider my life valuable and rescue me from all trouble.”

Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to gather the plunder. They found among them an abundance of goods on the bodies and valuable items. So they stripped them until nobody could carry any more. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

Their father had given them many gifts of silver, gold, and valuable things, along with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

Many were bringing an offering to the Lord to Jerusalem and valuable gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah, and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after that.

In the spring Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable utensils of the Lord’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple. They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned down all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

20 gold bowls worth 1,000 gold coins, and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

God, Your faithful love is so valuablethat people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

A man with valuable possessionsbut without understandingis like the animals that perish.

The death of His faithful onesis valuable in the Lord’s sight.

We’ll find all kinds of valuable propertyand fill our houses with plunder.

so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—

For it is contained in Scripture:Look! I lay a stone in Zion,a chosen and honored cornerstone,and the one who believes in Himwill never be put to shame!

Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.