Bible Verses About Precious Stones

And Hezekiah hath riches and honour very much, and treasures he hath made to himself of silver, and of gold, and of precious stone, and of spices, and of shields, and of all kinds of desirable vessels,

The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

A place of the sapphire are its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.

Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone--a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste.

O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,

And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,

I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.

And above the expanse that is over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, is the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.

And I give a ring for thy nose, And rings for thine ears, And a crown of beauty on thy head.

Aram is thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.

Merchants of Sheba and Raamah--they are thy merchants, For the chief of all spices, And for every precious stone, and gold, They have given out thy remnants.

In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.

Thou art an anointed cherub who is covering, And I have set thee in the holy mount, God thou hast been, In the midst of stones of fire thou hast walked up and down.

Perfect art thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee.

By the abundance of thy merchandise They have filled thy midst with violence, And thou dost sin, And I thrust thee from the mount of God, And I destroy thee, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

And to the god of strongholds, on his station, he giveth honour; yea, to a god whom his fathers knew not he giveth honour, with gold, and with silver, and with precious stone, and with desirable things.