Bible Verses about “earth stones”
The Bible contains 22 verses about earth stones across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
“¶ To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious,”
“And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;”
“The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.”
“And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.”
“The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;”
“And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row.”
“And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.”
“And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.”
“And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.”
“And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.”
“Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.”
“¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.”
“And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.”
“Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,”
“And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.”
“And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.”
“All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.”
“Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.”
“And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.”
“And above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.”
“And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.”