'Rubies' in the Bible
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.
Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.