Jewels
13 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
7 sections
Betrothal Presents of
- Genesis 24:53 Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
Borrowed from Egyptians by Israelites
- Exodus 3:22 Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
- Exodus 11:2 Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
- Exodus 12:35 Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
Dedicated to the Tabernacle
- Exodus 35:22 So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 31:50–52 So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired— armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces— to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.” …
Figurative
- Proverbs 20:15 There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- Malachi 3:17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
Regarded by Jacob As Obnoxious to Holiness
- Genesis 35:4 So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
- Exodus 33:4–6 When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry. …
- Isaiah 3:18–21 In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; …
Tokens of Love
- Ezekiel 16:11–13 I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck. …
Worn by Men
- Ezekiel 23:42 accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.