Bible Verses About Preciousness of Christ: Illustrated

As a citron among trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit is sweet to my palate.

My beloved is clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad!

His head is pure gold--fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

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

His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips are lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,

His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires,

His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

His mouth is sweetness--and all of him desirable, This is my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,

who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.