Verse 6

"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins{An assarion was a small copper coin worth about an hour's wages for an agricultural laborer.}? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:29 : 29 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion{An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius (approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).}? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
  • Luke 12:24 : 24 Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
  • Luke 12:27 : 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
  • Ps 50:10-11 : 10 For every animal of the forest is mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
  • Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like Yahweh, our God, Who has his seat on high, 6 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season. 16 You open your hand, And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
  • Ps 147:9 : 9 He provides food for the cattle, And for the young ravens when they call.