Precious things of Scripture

Household things

Ezra 1:6

6 All those who were around them encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle, and with valuable things, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.

Ezra 8:27

 27 also 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine [a]shiny bronze, precious as gold.

Redemption of the soul

Psalm 49:8

For the ransom of his soul is too costly,

And he should cease trying forever—

Death of the saints

Psalm 116:15

[a]Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the Lord

Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

Ointment

2 Kings 20:13

Hezekiah listened to and welcomed them and [[a]foolishly] showed them all his treasure house—the silver and gold and spices and precious oil and his armory and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house (palace) nor in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious oil [of consecration] poured on the head,

Coming down on the beard,

Even the beard of Aaron,

Coming down upon the edge of his [priestly] robes [consecrating the whole body].

Isaiah 39:2

2 Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine olive oil—his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

Matthew 26:7

7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

Mark 14:3

While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head