Fondare 54 Risultati per: Precious
Hezekiah enjoyed immense riches and honour. He built himself treasuries for gold, silver, precious stones, spices, jewels and every kind of desirable object, (2 Chronicles 32, 27)
twenty golden bowls valued at a thousand darics and two utensils of fine burnished copper as precious as gold. (Ezra 8, 27)
Surely money is not the only thing that matters? Surely it is not as precious as our child? (Tobit 5, 19)
because Jerusalem will be built anew and his house for ever and ever. What bliss, if one of my family be left to see your glory and praise the King of heaven! The gates of Jerusalem will be built of sapphire and of emerald, and all your walls of precious stone, the towers of Jerusalem will built of gold and their battlements of pure gold. (Tobit 13, 16)
Holofernes was resting on his bed under a canopy of purple and gold studded with emeralds and precious stones. (Judith 10, 21)
There were white and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple thread to silver rings on marble columns, couches of gold and silver on a pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones. (Esther 1, 6)
(a) On the third day, when she had finished praying, she took off her suppliant's mourning attire and dressed herself in her full splendour. Radiant as she then appeared, she invoked God who watches over all people and saves them. With her, she took two ladies-in-waiting. With a delicate air she learned on one, while the other accompanied her carrying her train. Rosy with the full flush of her beauty, her face radiated joy and love: but her heart shrank with hear. Having passed through door after door, she found herself in the presence of the king. He was sitting on his royal throne, dressed in all his robes of state, glittering with gold and precious stones-- a formidable sight. He looked up, afire with majesty and, blazing with anger, saw her. The queen sank to the floor. As she fainted, the colour drained from her face and her head fell against the lady-in-waiting beside her. But God changed the king's heart, inducing a milder spirit. He sprang from his throne in alarm and took her in his arms until she recovered, comforting her with soothing words. 'What is the matter, Esther?' he said. 'I am your brother. Take heart, you are not going to die; our order applies only to ordinary people. Come to me.' (Esther 5, 1)
He cuts canals through the rock, on the watch for anything precious. (Job 28, 10)
nor valued against gold of Ophir, precious agate or sapphire. (Job 28, 16)
how precious, God, is your faithful love. So the children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings. (Psalms 36, 7)
From oppression and violence he redeems their lives, their blood is precious in his sight. (Psalms 72, 14)
The Law you have uttered is more precious to me than all the wealth in the world. (Psalms 119, 72)