Quotes About Value

Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

For he has said, ëIt profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.í

who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

For you ask, ëWhat does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?í

Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?

He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

No women as beautiful as Jobís daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.