Lamentations 4:7

New Living Translation

Our princes once glowed with health— brighter than snow, whiter than milk. Their faces were as ruddy as rubies, their appearance like fine jewels.

Cross References

Job 28:16

It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

Job 28:18

Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above rubies.

Psalm 144:12

May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.

Psalm 51:7

Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Exodus 24:10

There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.

Song of Solomon 5:10

My lover is dark and dazzling, better than ten thousand others!

Song of Solomon 5:15

His legs are like marble pillars set in sockets of finest gold. His posture is stately, like the noble cedars of Lebanon.

Daniel 1:15

At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king.

Luke 1:15

for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or other alcoholic drinks. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

Judges 13:5

You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and his hair must never be cut. For he will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. He will begin to rescue Israel from the Philistines.”

Judges 13:7

But he told me, ‘You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food. For your son will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the moment of his birth until the day of his death.’”

Judges 16:17

Finally, Samson shared his secret with her. “My hair has never been cut,” he confessed, “for I was dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as anyone else.”

1 Samuel 16:12

So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes. And the Lord said, “This is the one; anoint him.”