Topic
Pearl
9 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 28:18Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
- Matthew 7:6Easton · Smith · Nave FIGURATIVE
¶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- 1 Timothy 2:9Easton · Smith · Nave Ornaments made of
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- Revelation 17:4Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
- Revelation 21:21Easton · Smith · Nave SYMBOLICAL
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
- Matthew 13:46Easton · Nave “Pearl of great price,”
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
- Matthew 13:45Smith
¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
- Revelation 18:12Nave General scriptures concerning
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
- Revelation 18:16Nave General scriptures concerning
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
(Heb. gabish, Job 28:18; Gr. margarites, Matt. 7:6; 13:46; Rev. 21:21). The pearl oyster is found in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Its shell is the “mother of pearl,” which is of great value for ornamental purposes (1 Tim. 2:9; Rev. 17:4). Each shell contains eight or ten pearls of various sizes.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
purl.
See STONES, PRECIOUS.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.