the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field.

We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price.

Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?

I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

It is me – I stir him up and commission him; I will make all his ways level. He will rebuild my city; he will send my exiled people home, but not for a price or a bribe,” says the Lord who commands armies.

He will attack mighty fortresses, aided by a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price.

But the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.

“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, “The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”

Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will pay you silver for it.”