Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Bible References

Thou afflicted

John 16:20
verily, verily I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Acts 14:22
encouraging the disciples, exhorting them to persevere in the faith, representing that it is thro' much tribulation that we must enter into the kingdom of God.
Revelation 11:3
by virtue of my power, my two witnesses shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days cloathed in sackcloth.
Revelation 12:13
The dragon then finding that he was precipitated to the earth, persecuted the woman, who brought forth the man-child.

I will lay

Ephesians 2:20
being built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, whereof Jesus Christ himself is the main stone of the angle:
1 Peter 2:4
which however rejected it is by men, is the precious stone, which God has chosen: and
Revelation 21:18
the wall was built of jasper; and the city was of pure gold, as pure as glass.