Quotes About Craftsmanship

Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.

Next to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs, and next to him, Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.

We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.

King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple?

The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.

Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.

It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.