Quotes About Value

How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.

An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise manís rebuke to a listening ear.

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.