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
In truth I tell you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will suffer pain, but your pain shall turn to joy.
Acts 14:22
Reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the Faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the Kingdom of God.
Revelation 11:3
Then I will give permission to my Two Witnesses, and for those twelve hundred and sixty days they will continue teaching, clothed in sackcloth.'
Revelation 12:13
when the Dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

I will lay

Ephesians 2:20
You have been built up upon the foundation laid by the Apostles and Prophets, Christ Jesus himself being 'the corner- stone.'
1 Peter 2:4
Come to Him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God's eyes choice and precious;
Revelation 21:18
The material of the wall of the City was jasper, and the City was built of pure gold, which shone like clear glass.