39 Bible Verses about Brass

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Revelation 1:13-15

And in the midst of the candlesticks, one like unto the son of man clothed with a linen garment down to the ground, and gird about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow: and his eyes were as a flame of fire: and his feet like unto brass, as though they burnt in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters.

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Joshua 22:8

he said unto them, "Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, gold, brass, iron, and with raiment above measure, and divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren."

2 Samuel 8:8

And thereto out of Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, he brought exceeding great abundance of brass.

Ezekiel 27:13

Javan, Tubal and Meshech were thy merchants, which brought the men, and ornaments of metal for thy occupying.

1 Kings 7:47

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, for the exceeding abundance of brass that was in them.

1 Chronicles 22:14

Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto.

Exodus 38:28-31

And the thousand seven hundred and seventy five sicles, made knops to the pillars and overlaid the heads and hooped them. And the brass of the wave offering was seventy hundred weight and two thousand, and four hundred sicles. And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the brazen altar, and the brazen gridiron that longeth thereto, and all the vessels of the altar,read more.
and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the habitation, and all the pins of the court round about.

1 Kings 7:14-47

a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, his father being of Tyre. Which Hiram was a craftsman in brass, and full of wisdom, understanding and cunning to work all manner of work in brass. And he came to king Solomon and wrought all his work. He cast two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits apiece high, and a string of twelve cubits might compass either of them about. And he made two head pieces of molten brass to set on the tops of the pillars, of five cubits long apiece,read more.
with garlands of braided work and hoops of chain work for the head pieces that were on the pillars, seven for the one and seven for the other. And he made the pillars, and for either of the head pieces a garland with two rows of pomegranates to cover them withal. And the head pieces that were on the tops of the pillars were wrought with lilies in the porch the space of four cubits of them. And the pomegranates above and beneath on the wreathen chains that compassed the middle of the head pieces were in number two hundred on either head piece. And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple, and when he had set up the right pillar, he called the name thereon Jachin, and when he had set up the left pillar, he called the name thereof Boaz. And the tops of the pillars were thus wrought with lilies, and so was their workmanship finished. Then he cast a sea of brass, ten cubits wide from brim to brim and round in compass, and five cubits high. And a string of thirty cubits might compass it about, and under the brim of it as it were apples compassed and embraced the sea of ten cubits wide in two rows cast with it when it was cast. And it stood on twelve oxen: of which three looked North, three West, three South, and three East, and the sea on high upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. And it was a hand breadth thick, and the brim wrought like the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies. And it contained two thousand baths. And he made ten bottoms of brass, four cubits long and four cubits broad apiece, and three high. And the works of the bottoms was on this manner that the sides were as it were flat boards between the ledges. And on the flat boards between the ledges were lions, oxen and Cherubs. And upon the ledges that were above and beneath the lions and oxen, was joined pendant work. And every bottom had four brazen wheels, whose axletrees were also of brass. And in the four corners were undersetters under the laver cast, each over against his fellow. And the stalk of the laver was in the middle of the bottom one cubit high, and a cubit and a half round, and it had knops thereon in the bare places which were foursquare not round. And under the sides were four wheels and their axletrees joined fast to the bottom. And the height of every wheel was a cubit and a half. And the workmanship of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. And the axletrees, the navels, spokes and shafts were all molten. And the four undersetters in the four corners were of the very bottoms. And under the stalk of the laver in the midst of the bottom was there a round foot of half a cubit high. And thereon, plain places and ledges of the self. And he graved in the plain and also on the ledges, Cherubs, lions and palm trees, everywhere round about. And on this manner he made the ten bottoms cast work: all of one measure and one size. Then he made ten lavers of brass containing forty baths apiece, and they were of four cubits apiece, for every one of the bottoms a laver. And he put five of those bottoms on the right corner of the temple, and other five on the left: And put the sea on the right corner of the temple Eastward and toward the South. And Hiram made pots, shovels and basins, and so furnished all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: that is to say, two pillars and two scalps of the heads that were on the tops of the two pillars, and four hundred pomegranates upon two wreaths, two rows on either wreath, to cover the two scalps of the heads that were on the tops of the two pillars. And the ten bottoms of brass with ten lavers upon them; and a sea with twelve oxen under it; and pots, shovels and basins. And all these vessels which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD were of bright brass. And in the plain of Jordan did the king cast them: even in the clay of the earth between Succoth and Zarethan. And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, for the exceeding abundance of brass that was in them.

Ezra 8:27

twenty cups of gold of a thousand drams, and two costly ornaments of good brass, as clear as gold,

1 Chronicles 15:19

Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound.

1 Samuel 17:5-6

and had a helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail about him. And the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass. And he had a harness of brass upon his legs, and a shield of brass upon his shoulders.

2 Chronicles 12:10

Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and put them in the keeping of the captains of his guard which waited in the gate of the king's house.

Judges 16:21

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house.

2 Kings 25:7

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and fettered him, and carried him to Babylon.

Psalm 107:16

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.

1 Kings 4:13

The son of Geber had Ramoth Gilead, and his were the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which lie in Gilead, and his were the coasts of Argob in Bashan, three score great cities with wall and bars of brass;

Daniel 5:4

They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

Revelation 9:20

And the remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues repented not of the deeds of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and images, of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see, neither hear, neither go.

Exodus 38:8

And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it also of brass, in the sight of them that did watch before the door of the tabernacle of witness.

Mark 7:4

And when they come from the market, except they wash themselves they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have taken upon them to observe, as the washing of cups and cruses, and of brazen vessels, and of tables.

Matthew 10:9

Possess not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles,

Mark 12:41

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people put money into the treasury. And many that were rich, cast in much.

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.

1 Kings 7:14

a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, his father being of Tyre. Which Hiram was a craftsman in brass, and full of wisdom, understanding and cunning to work all manner of work in brass. And he came to king Solomon and wrought all his work.

Leviticus 26:19

and will break the pride of your strength. For I will make the heaven over you as hard as iron, and your land as hard as brass.

Jeremiah 1:18

For behold, this day do I make thee a strong fenced town, an iron pillar, and a wall of steel against the whole land; against the kings and mighty men of Judah; against the priests and people of the land.

Ezekiel 1:7

Their legs were straight; But their feet were like bullock's feet, and they glistered, as it had been fair scoured metal.

Daniel 2:32

The image head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his body and loins were of copper,

Daniel 2:39

After thee there shall arise another kingdom, which shall be less than thine. The third kingdom shall be like copper, and have domination in all lands.

Daniel 7:19

After this, I required diligently to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was so far unlike the other beasts, and so horrible: whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass: which devoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue under his feet.

Daniel 10:6

His body was like the Chrisolite stone; his face, to look upon, was like lightning; his eyes as the flame of fire; his arms and feet were like fair glistering metal; but the voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.

Zechariah 6:1

Moreover I turned me, lifting up mine eyes, and looked: and behold, there came four chariots out from betwixt two hills, which hills were of brass:

Revelation 1:15

and his feet like unto brass, as though they burnt in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters.

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Brass » Figurative

Daniel 10:6

His body was like the Chrisolite stone; his face, to look upon, was like lightning; his eyes as the flame of fire; his arms and feet were like fair glistering metal; but the voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.

Daniel 7:19

After this, I required diligently to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was so far unlike the other beasts, and so horrible: whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass: which devoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue under his feet.

Daniel 2:32

The image head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his body and loins were of copper,

Leviticus 26:19

and will break the pride of your strength. For I will make the heaven over you as hard as iron, and your land as hard as brass.

Brass » Articles made of » Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple

Ezra 8:27

twenty cups of gold of a thousand drams, and two costly ornaments of good brass, as clear as gold,

Exodus 38:28-31

And the thousand seven hundred and seventy five sicles, made knops to the pillars and overlaid the heads and hooped them. And the brass of the wave offering was seventy hundred weight and two thousand, and four hundred sicles. And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the brazen altar, and the brazen gridiron that longeth thereto, and all the vessels of the altar, read more.
and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the habitation, and all the pins of the court round about.

1 Kings 7:14-47

a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, his father being of Tyre. Which Hiram was a craftsman in brass, and full of wisdom, understanding and cunning to work all manner of work in brass. And he came to king Solomon and wrought all his work. He cast two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits apiece high, and a string of twelve cubits might compass either of them about. And he made two head pieces of molten brass to set on the tops of the pillars, of five cubits long apiece, read more.
with garlands of braided work and hoops of chain work for the head pieces that were on the pillars, seven for the one and seven for the other. And he made the pillars, and for either of the head pieces a garland with two rows of pomegranates to cover them withal. And the head pieces that were on the tops of the pillars were wrought with lilies in the porch the space of four cubits of them. And the pomegranates above and beneath on the wreathen chains that compassed the middle of the head pieces were in number two hundred on either head piece. And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple, and when he had set up the right pillar, he called the name thereon Jachin, and when he had set up the left pillar, he called the name thereof Boaz. And the tops of the pillars were thus wrought with lilies, and so was their workmanship finished. Then he cast a sea of brass, ten cubits wide from brim to brim and round in compass, and five cubits high. And a string of thirty cubits might compass it about, and under the brim of it as it were apples compassed and embraced the sea of ten cubits wide in two rows cast with it when it was cast. And it stood on twelve oxen: of which three looked North, three West, three South, and three East, and the sea on high upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. And it was a hand breadth thick, and the brim wrought like the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies. And it contained two thousand baths. And he made ten bottoms of brass, four cubits long and four cubits broad apiece, and three high. And the works of the bottoms was on this manner that the sides were as it were flat boards between the ledges. And on the flat boards between the ledges were lions, oxen and Cherubs. And upon the ledges that were above and beneath the lions and oxen, was joined pendant work. And every bottom had four brazen wheels, whose axletrees were also of brass. And in the four corners were undersetters under the laver cast, each over against his fellow. And the stalk of the laver was in the middle of the bottom one cubit high, and a cubit and a half round, and it had knops thereon in the bare places which were foursquare not round. And under the sides were four wheels and their axletrees joined fast to the bottom. And the height of every wheel was a cubit and a half. And the workmanship of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. And the axletrees, the navels, spokes and shafts were all molten. And the four undersetters in the four corners were of the very bottoms. And under the stalk of the laver in the midst of the bottom was there a round foot of half a cubit high. And thereon, plain places and ledges of the self. And he graved in the plain and also on the ledges, Cherubs, lions and palm trees, everywhere round about. And on this manner he made the ten bottoms cast work: all of one measure and one size. Then he made ten lavers of brass containing forty baths apiece, and they were of four cubits apiece, for every one of the bottoms a laver. And he put five of those bottoms on the right corner of the temple, and other five on the left: And put the sea on the right corner of the temple Eastward and toward the South. And Hiram made pots, shovels and basins, and so furnished all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: that is to say, two pillars and two scalps of the heads that were on the tops of the two pillars, and four hundred pomegranates upon two wreaths, two rows on either wreath, to cover the two scalps of the heads that were on the tops of the two pillars. And the ten bottoms of brass with ten lavers upon them; and a sea with twelve oxen under it; and pots, shovels and basins. And all these vessels which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD were of bright brass. And in the plain of Jordan did the king cast them: even in the clay of the earth between Succoth and Zarethan. And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, for the exceeding abundance of brass that was in them.

Brass » Articles made of » Armor

1 Samuel 17:5-6

and had a helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail about him. And the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass. And he had a harness of brass upon his legs, and a shield of brass upon his shoulders.

2 Chronicles 12:10

Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and put them in the keeping of the captains of his guard which waited in the gate of the king's house.

Brass » Articles made of » Gates

Psalm 107:16

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.

Brass » Abundance of, for the temple

1 Kings 7:47

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, for the exceeding abundance of brass that was in them.

1 Chronicles 22:14

Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto.

Brass » Smelted

Job 28:2

where iron is digged out of the ground, and stones resolved to metal.

Ezekiel 22:20

like as silver, and brass, iron, tin, and lead, are put together in the furnace and the fire blown there under to melt them: Even so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignation.

Brass » Articles made of » Fetters

2 Kings 25:7

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and fettered him, and carried him to Babylon.

Judges 16:21

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house.

Brass » Articles made of » Money

Matthew 10:9

Possess not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles,

Mark 12:41

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people put money into the treasury. And many that were rich, cast in much.

Brass » A mineral of canaan

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Joshua 22:8

he said unto them, "Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, gold, brass, iron, and with raiment above measure, and divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren."

Brass » Articles made of » Idols

Daniel 5:4

They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

Revelation 9:20

And the remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues repented not of the deeds of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and images, of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see, neither hear, neither go.

Brass » Articles made of » cymbals

1 Chronicles 15:19

Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound.

Brass » Tyrians traded in

Ezekiel 27:13

Javan, Tubal and Meshech were thy merchants, which brought the men, and ornaments of metal for thy occupying.

Brass » Articles made of » Bars

1 Kings 4:13

The son of Geber had Ramoth Gilead, and his were the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which lie in Gilead, and his were the coasts of Argob in Bashan, three score great cities with wall and bars of brass;

Brass » Articles made of » Trumpets

Brass » Alexander

Brass » Hiram

1 Kings 7:14

a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, his father being of Tyre. Which Hiram was a craftsman in brass, and full of wisdom, understanding and cunning to work all manner of work in brass. And he came to king Solomon and wrought all his work.

Brass » Articles made of » Mirrors

Exodus 38:8

And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it also of brass, in the sight of them that did watch before the door of the tabernacle of witness.

Brass » Workers » Tubal-cain

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.

Brass » Of syria

2 Samuel 8:8

And thereto out of Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, he brought exceeding great abundance of brass.

Brass » Articles made of » Household vessels

Mark 7:4

And when they come from the market, except they wash themselves they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have taken upon them to observe, as the washing of cups and cruses, and of brazen vessels, and of tables.

Brass » Working in, a trade

2 Chronicles 24:12

And the king and Jehoiada gave it to workmen that wrought upon the house of the LORD, and hired Masons and carpenters to redress the house of the LORD, and so did they artificers in iron and brass, to repair the house of the LORD.

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.

1 Kings 7:14

a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, his father being of Tyre. Which Hiram was a craftsman in brass, and full of wisdom, understanding and cunning to work all manner of work in brass. And he came to king Solomon and wrought all his work.

Brass » Collected by david for the temple

1 Chronicles 22:14

Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto.

1 Chronicles 22:3

And David prepared plenty of iron for nails to the doors of the gates and to join with all, and abundance of brass without weight,

1 Chronicles 29:2

Moreover, I have prepared with all my might for the house of God: gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood: and onyx stones, set stones, and of other gay stones, and all manner of precious stones, and of marble great abundance.

Brass » Taken in war » Often in great quantities

2 Samuel 8:8

And thereto out of Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, he brought exceeding great abundance of brass.

Joshua 22:8

he said unto them, "Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, gold, brass, iron, and with raiment above measure, and divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren."

2 Kings 25:13-16

And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD and the bottoms, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD the Chaldeans brake, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. And the lavers, shovels, dressing knives, ladles, and the ministering vessels of brass, they carried away. And the firepans, and basins that were either of gold or silver, them took the chief Marshal away read more.
with the two pillars and the sea of brass and the bottoms, which Solomon had made in the house of the LORD. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.

Brass » Taken in war » Generally consecrated to God

Joshua 6:19

But all the silver, gold, vessels of brass and iron shall be holy unto the LORD and shall go into his treasury."

Joshua 6:24

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein. Only the silver, the gold, and the things of brass and iron they put unto the treasure of the house of the LORD.

2 Samuel 8:10-11

he sent Joram his son unto king David to salute him with peace and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and beaten him - for Toi kept war with Hadadezer - which son brought vessels of silver, gold and of brass with him. And them also King David did dedicate unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he consecrated of all nations which he subdued:

Brass » Inferior in value to gold and silver

Daniel 2:32

The image head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his body and loins were of copper,

Daniel 2:39

After thee there shall arise another kingdom, which shall be less than thine. The third kingdom shall be like copper, and have domination in all lands.

Isaiah 60:17

For brass will I give thee gold, and for iron, silver: for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will make peace thy ruler, and righteousness thine officer.

Brass » Canaan abounded in

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Brass » Made into » Shields

2 Chronicles 12:10

Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and put them in the keeping of the captains of his guard which waited in the gate of the king's house.

1 Kings 14:27

In whose stead, king Rehoboam made brazen shields and put them in the keeping of the captains of the guard which waited at the door of the king's house.

Brass » Extensive commerce in

Ezekiel 27:13

Javan, Tubal and Meshech were thy merchants, which brought the men, and ornaments of metal for thy occupying.

Revelation 18:12

the ware of gold and silver, and precious stones, neither of pearl, and raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron,

Brass » Takes a high polish

Ezekiel 1:7

Their legs were straight; But their feet were like bullock's feet, and they glistered, as it had been fair scoured metal.

2 Chronicles 4:16

And thereto pots, shovels, flesh hooks, and all their vessels did Hiram Abi make for king Solomon for the house of the LORD, of bright brass.

Brass » Made into » Sockets for pillars

Exodus 38:10-11

and twenty pillars with twenty sockets of brass: but the knops of the pillars, and the hoops were silver. And on the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits long with twenty pillars and twenty sockets of brass, but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were of silver.

Exodus 38:17

and the sockets of the pillars were brass: but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were silver, and the heads were overlaid with silver, and all the pillars of the court were hooped about with silver.

Brass » Characterized by » Fusibility

Ezekiel 22:20

like as silver, and brass, iron, tin, and lead, are put together in the furnace and the fire blown there under to melt them: Even so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignation.

Ezekiel 22:18

"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.

Brass » Illustrative of » The strength and firmness of Christ

Daniel 10:6

His body was like the Chrisolite stone; his face, to look upon, was like lightning; his eyes as the flame of fire; his arms and feet were like fair glistering metal; but the voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.

Revelation 1:15

and his feet like unto brass, as though they burnt in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters.

Brass » Made into » Idols

Daniel 5:4

They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

Revelation 9:20

And the remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues repented not of the deeds of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and images, of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see, neither hear, neither go.

Brass » Illustrative of » Strength given to saints

Jeremiah 15:20

and so shall I make thee a strong wall of steel against this people. They shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail. For I myself will be with thee, to help thee, and deliver thee, sayeth the LORD.

Micah 4:13

Therefore get thee up, O thou daughter Zion, and thresh out the corn. For I will make thy horn iron. and thy claws brass, that thou mayest grind many people: their goods shalt thou appropriate unto the LORD, and their substance unto the ruler of the whole world.

Brass » Illustrative of » Obstinate sinners

Jeremiah 6:28

For they are all unfaithful and fallen away, they hang upon filthy lucre; they are clean brass and iron, for they hurt and destroyed every man.

Brass » Made into » Lavers

1 Kings 7:38

Then he made ten lavers of brass containing forty baths apiece, and they were of four cubits apiece, for every one of the bottoms a laver.

Exodus 30:18

"Thou shalt make a laver of brass and his foot also of brass to wash withal, and shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar and put water therein:

Brass » Made into » Fetters

2 Kings 25:7

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and fettered him, and carried him to Babylon.

Judges 16:21

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house.

Brass » Moses made the serpent of

Numbers 21:9

And Moses made a serpent of brass and set it up for a sign. And when the serpents had bitten any man, he went and beheld the serpent of brass and recovered.

2 Kings 18:4

He put away the hill altars, and brake the images and cut down the groves, and all to brake the brazen serpent that Moses made - for unto those days the children of Israel did burn sacrifice to it, and called it Nehushtan.

Brass » Made into » Sacred vessels

Exodus 27:3

And make his ashpans, shovels, basins, fleshhooks, firepans and all the apparel thereof, of brass;

1 Kings 7:45

and pots, shovels and basins. And all these vessels which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD were of bright brass.

Brass » Made into » Altars

Exodus 39:39

and the brazen altar, and the gridiron of brass longing thereunto with his bars and all his vessels, and the laver with his foot,

Exodus 27:2

And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass.

Brass » Made into » Gates

Psalm 107:16

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.

Brass » Coined for money

Matthew 10:9

Possess not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles,

Mark 12:41

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people put money into the treasury. And many that were rich, cast in much.

Brass » Offerings of, for the temple

1 Chronicles 29:6-7

And the ancient lords and the lords of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and hundreds and the lords over the substance of the king, were willing and gave for the service of the house of God, five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand pieces of gold coins, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

Brass » Characterized by » Sonorousness

Brass » Made into » Instruments of music

1 Chronicles 15:19

Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound.

Brass » Illustrative of » Extreme drought

Deuteronomy 28:23

"And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron.

Brass » Taken in war » Cleansed by fire

Numbers 31:21-23

And Eleazar the priest said unto all the men of war which went out to battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses: Gold, silver, brass, iron, tin and lead, and all that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and then it is clean. Neverthelater, it shall be sprinkled with sprinkling water. And all that suffereth not the fire, ye shall make go through the water.

Brass » Characterized by » Hardness

Leviticus 26:19

and will break the pride of your strength. For I will make the heaven over you as hard as iron, and your land as hard as brass.

Brass » Illustrative of » The earth made barren

Leviticus 26:19

and will break the pride of your strength. For I will make the heaven over you as hard as iron, and your land as hard as brass.

Brass » Made into » Pillars

1 Kings 7:15-16

He cast two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits apiece high, and a string of twelve cubits might compass either of them about. And he made two head pieces of molten brass to set on the tops of the pillars, of five cubits long apiece,

Brass » Dug out of the mountains

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Brass » Illustrative of » The decrees of God

Zechariah 6:1

Moreover I turned me, lifting up mine eyes, and looked: and behold, there came four chariots out from betwixt two hills, which hills were of brass:

Brass » Made into » Greaves for the legs

1 Samuel 17:6

And he had a harness of brass upon his legs, and a shield of brass upon his shoulders.

Brass » Made into » Helmets

1 Samuel 17:5

and had a helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail about him. And the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass.

Brass » Made into » Bars for gates

1 Kings 4:13

The son of Geber had Ramoth Gilead, and his were the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which lie in Gilead, and his were the coasts of Argob in Bashan, three score great cities with wall and bars of brass;

Brass » Offerings of, for the tabernacle

Exodus 38:29

And the brass of the wave offering was seventy hundred weight and two thousand, and four hundred sicles.

Brass » Antiquity of working in

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.

Brass » Illustrative of » Macedonian empire

Daniel 2:39

After thee there shall arise another kingdom, which shall be less than thine. The third kingdom shall be like copper, and have domination in all lands.

Brass » Made into » Mirrors

Exodus 38:8

And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it also of brass, in the sight of them that did watch before the door of the tabernacle of witness.

Brass » Characterized by » Yellow color

Ezra 8:27

twenty cups of gold of a thousand drams, and two costly ornaments of good brass, as clear as gold,

Brass » Characterized by » Strength

Job 40:18

His shins are like pipes of brass, his ridge bones are like staves of iron.

Brass » Made into » Household vessels

Mark 7:4

And when they come from the market, except they wash themselves they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have taken upon them to observe, as the washing of cups and cruses, and of brazen vessels, and of tables.

Brass » Purified by smelting

Job 28:2

where iron is digged out of the ground, and stones resolved to metal.

Censers » Made of » Brass

Numbers 16:39

And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers which they that were burnt had offered, and beat them and fastened them upon the altar,

Commerce » Articles of » Brass

Ezekiel 27:13

Javan, Tubal and Meshech were thy merchants, which brought the men, and ornaments of metal for thy occupying.

Revelation 18:12

the ware of gold and silver, and precious stones, neither of pearl, and raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron,

Gates » Made of » Brass

Psalm 107:16

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.

Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Brass

Exodus 27:2

And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass.

Exodus 27:4

after the fashion of a net, and put upon the net four rings: even in the four corners of it,

2 Chronicles 12:10

Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and put them in the keeping of the captains of his guard which waited in the gate of the king's house.

Pillars » Made of » Brass

1 Kings 7:15

He cast two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits apiece high, and a string of twelve cubits might compass either of them about.

Shields » Frequently made of, or covered with » Brass

1 Kings 14:27

In whose stead, king Rehoboam made brazen shields and put them in the keeping of the captains of the guard which waited at the door of the king's house.

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