Stones Commandments engraved upon
Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:4; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:22; Deuteronomy 9:11; Deuteronomy 10:3
The law of Moses written upon
Joshua 8:32
Houses built of
Isaiah 9:10; Amos 5:11
Temple built of
1 Kings 5:18; 1 Kings 7:12; Matthew 24:2; Luke 19:44; Luke 21:6
Prepared in the quarries
1 Kings 6:7
Hewn
Exodus 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; 1 Kings 5:17; 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 7:9; 2 Kings 12:12; 2 Kings 22:6; 1 Chronicles 22:2; 2 Chronicles 34:11; Lamentations 3:9
Sawn
1 Kings 7:9
Hewers of
1 Kings 5:18; 2 Kings 12:12; 1 Chronicles 22:15
City walls built of
Nehemiah 4:3
Memorial pillars of
Genesis 28:22; Genesis 31:52; Joshua 4:9; Joshua 4:24; Joshua 24:25; 1 Samuel 7:12
Great, as landmarks:
- Abel
1 Samuel 6:18
- Ezel
1 Samuel 20:19
- Zoheleth
1 Kings 1:9
Cast upon accursed ground
2 Kings 3:19; 2 Kings 3:25
Used:
- Used:
Joshua 8:31
- For weighing
Leviticus 19:36
- For closing sepulchers
Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; Mark 16:3
Sepulchers hewn in
Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; Mark 16:3
Idols made of
Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 28:36; Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 29:17; 2 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32
Great, in Solomon's temple
1 Kings 5:18; 1 Kings 7:12
Magnificent, in Herod's
Mark 13:1
Skill in throwing:
- General references
Judges 20:16; 1 Chronicles 12:2
Sling; Adamant; Chalcedony; Marble; Onyx; Pillar
Figurative:
- General references
Genesis 49:24; Zechariah 3:9
- Of temptation, »stone of stumbling«
Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:8
- Of Christ, »a tried stone,« »a precious stone,« »a sure foundation«
Isaiah 28:16
- Of Christ's rejection, the rejected corner stone
Psalms 118:22; Matthew 21:44; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:18; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:4
- The true foundation
Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 16:18; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Ephesians 2:20; Revelation 21:14
- Of Christ, the water of life
1 Corinthians 10:4
- Of the impenitent heart
Ezekiel 36:26
- Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone
Revelation 2:17
Symbolic of the kingdom of Christ
Daniel 2:34; Daniel 2:45
Precious:
- In the breastplate and ephod
Exodus 28:21; Exodus 39:14
- Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod
Exodus 35:27
- Exported from:
b Sheba
1 Kings 10:2; 1 Kings 10:10; 2 Chronicles 9:10; Ezekiel 27:22
b Ophir
1 Kings 10:11
- Partial catalogue of
Ezekiel 28:13
- Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision
Revelation 21:20
- In kings' crowns
2 Samuel 12:30; 1 Chronicles 20:2
- Figurative
Isaiah 54:12
Agate; Amethyst; Beryl; Carbuncle; Chrysolyte; Chrysoprasus; Coral; Crystal; Diamond; Emerald; Jacinth; Jasper; Ligure; Ruby; Sapphire; Sardius; Sardonyx; Topaz