Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Bible References

Coral

Ezekiel 27:16
Aram was your trading partner because of your numerous products. They exchanged turquoise, purple and embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your merchandise.

Pearls

Matthew 7:6
Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 13:45
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
1 Timothy 2:9
Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel,
Revelation 17:4
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She had a gold cup in her hand filled with everything vile and with the impurities of her prostitution.
Revelation 18:12
merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; fine fabrics of linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all kinds of fragrant wood products; objects of ivory; objects of expensive wood, brass, iron, and marble;
Revelation 21:21
The 12 gates are 12 pearls; each individual gate was made of a single pearl. The broad street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

Rubies

Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than jewels;
nothing you desire compares with her.
Proverbs 31:10
Who can find a capable wife?
She is far more precious than jewels.
Lamentations 4:7
ז ZayinHer dignitaries were brighter than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
their appearance like sapphire.

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