Bible Dictionary: Precious Stones: Pearl

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Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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Matthew 13:45,46
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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Revelation 21:21
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
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Library

Of Precious Stones and Pearls.
... Book I. Chapter VI."Of Precious Stones and Pearls ... haughtiness, except little pebbles
and stones and paltry ... and although it be called "pearl," still something ...
/.../tertullian/on the apparel of women/chapter vi of precious stones and.htm

The Open Door.
... ages precious stones have been objects of the greatest value. We are told that Julius
Caesar paid a hundred and twenty-five thousand crowns for one pearl, and ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon xxxv the open door.htm

Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.
... on in precious stones, and these colours are precious; while the ... By that brilliancy
of stones, therefore, is meant the ... gold, and the sea hides the pearl-stone. ...
/.../the instructor paedagogus/chapter xiiiagainst excessive fondness for.htm

Introduction.
... a pearl--inscribed with the names of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The foundations
were inscribed with the names of the Twelve Apostles. These precious stones ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/introduction 4.htm

On the Use of Ointments and Crowns.
... to the other a savour of life unto life." [1461] And the kings of the Jews using
gold and precious stones and a ... The precious stone, or pearl, or emerald ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter viii on the use of.htm

Book vii. On the Useful or the Ordinary
... pearl, he went away and sold everything which he had and bought the pearl. ... Precious
stones are the apostles, or the saints, or their works of virtue themselves ...
/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/book vii on the useful.htm

The Hidden Treasure.
... These two parables, the hidden treasure and the costly pearl, are even more ... The treasure
may have been gold or silver or precious stones, or a combination of ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/arnot/the parables of our lord/v the hidden treasure.htm

What is Really the Good which the Apostle Testifies that He could ...
... disregarded when compared with precious stones, and yet a quantity of precious stones
however splendid are outdone by the brightness of a single pearl, so all ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter iii what is really.htm

Keeping the Commandments.
... Its walls are of jasper; its twelve foundations are garnished with all manner of
precious stones; its twelve gates are gates of pearl; its streets are pure gold ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/keeping the commandments.htm

The Story of a Cup of Water
... about it that reminds one of the soft lustre of a pearl rather than of the flashing
splendor of a diamond. St. John, in naming the precious stones that make ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the story of a cup.htm

Subtopics

Lapidary: One Who Cuts Precious Stones

Precious

Precious Stones

Precious Stones of Great Variety

Precious Stones of Many Colours

Precious Stones used for Adorning the Breastplate of Judgment

Precious Stones used for Adorning the High Priest's Ephod

Precious Stones used for Adorning the Temple

Precious Stones used for Decorating the Person

Precious Stones used for Honoring Idols

Precious Stones used for Ornamenting Royal Crowns