Pearls as Symbol

What do pearls as symbol really stand for? Who do they symbolize? What traits do they represent? Find out here along with daily Christian world news updates.

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Pearls as Symbol: "The pearl owes nothing to man. It is absolutely a gift of nature on which man cannot improve."

Pearls as symbol represent virtues and people ...many also have been named for the pearl.


The pearl in Judeo-Christian recordings refer to the pearl as symbol of

St. Augustine... after realizing that the pearl was not among the gems which signified the twelve apostles...

...declared that the pearl was reserved in this manner by God for

This idea makes a lot of sense, when one thinks of the correlation between these two verses:

John 10:9 "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture." And:

Revelations 21:21 "And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: each one of the gates was a single pearl."

This fits well, as Jesus claimed to be the way into heaven...

John 14:6 "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no man comes unto the Father, but through Me.

Yet another symbol for which the pearl is used is for

as in the following verse:

"The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls." Matthew 13:45

Since the PEARL, represents Jesus Christ himself...and Heaven,

it indeed also represents the:

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In Matthew 7:6, in the famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says, "Don't cast your pearls before swine."


You can read about three aspects of this--literal, spiritual and creative--on the "Pearls Before Swine" page. Pearls as Symbol

You may also enjoy reading about Pearls in the Bible.

Salvador Assael, of Assael International says, "I find with pearls, more than with any other gem, endless parables for life itself."

And he adds, "The black pearl of Polynesia captures the rainbow after the storm. It is a symbol of hope for all humanity."


Special thanks to Joan Younger for her Book of Pearls for some of this information on pearls as symbol.

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