Lamentations 4:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their form cut like sapphire.

Cross References

Job 28:16

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Job 28:18

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.

Psalm 144:12

May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars, cut for the building of a palace.

Psalm 51:7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

Song of Solomon 5:10

My beloved is all radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.

Song of Solomon 5:15

His legs are alabaster columns, set upon bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

Daniel 1:15

At the end of ten days it was observed that they appeared better and fatter than all the young men who had been eating the royal rations.

Luke 1:15

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Judges 13:5

for you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor is to come on his head, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth. It is he who shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

Judges 13:7

but he said to me, ‘You shall conceive and bear a son. So then, drink no wine or strong drink and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.’ ”

Judges 16:17

So he told her his whole secret and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, then my strength would leave me; I would become weak and be like anyone else.”

1 Samuel 16:12

He sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him, for this is the one.”