1 Kings 5:17

When the king commanded, they quarried great stones [and] precious stones to lay [the] foundation of the house [with] hewn stones.

1 Kings 6:7

Now while the temple was being built, it was built [with] stones finished [at the] quarry, [so that] no hammer or stone shaping tool or any instrument of iron was heard in the temple as it was being built.

1 Chronicles 22:2

And David commanded to assemble the resident aliens who [were] in the land of Israel and appointed stone craftsmen to cut dressed stones to build the house of God.

1 Kings 7:9

All of these [were] of precious stones, according to the measurement of dressed stone, sawn with a saw {on all sides}; from [the] foundation up to the eaves and from [the] outside up to the great courtyard.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: "Look! I [am] laying a stone in Zion, a {tested} stone, a precious cornerstone, a founded foundation: 'The one who trusts will not {panic}.'

1 Corinthians 3:11-12

For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:6-7

For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."

Revelation 21:14-21

And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them [are] twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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Summary

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

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Bible References

Costly stones

1 Kings 6:7
Now while the temple was being built, it was built [with] stones finished [at the] quarry, [so that] no hammer or stone shaping tool or any instrument of iron was heard in the temple as it was being built.
1 Kings 7:9
All of these [were] of precious stones, according to the measurement of dressed stone, sawn with a saw {on all sides}; from [the] foundation up to the eaves and from [the] outside up to the great courtyard.
1 Chronicles 22:2
And David commanded to assemble the resident aliens who [were] in the land of Israel and appointed stone craftsmen to cut dressed stones to build the house of God.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: "Look! I [am] laying a stone in Zion, a {tested} stone, a precious cornerstone, a founded foundation: 'The one who trusts will not {panic}.'
1 Corinthians 3:11
For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:6
For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."
Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them [are] twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

General references

Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then you shall build your house.