and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was what looked like a pavement of sapphire, as blue as the sky.

I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." So Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

I will not let you see my face, because no one can see me and stay alive,

Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back but not my face."

Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel.

(SEE 13:20)

Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"

Micaiah went on: "Now listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord. He was sitting on his throne, high and exalted, and his robe filled the whole Temple.

They were calling out to each other: "Holy, holy, holy! The LORD Almighty is holy! His glory fills the world."

I said, "There is no hope for me! I am doomed because every word that passes my lips is sinful, and I live among a people whose every word is sinful. And yet, with my own eyes I have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

that had in it all the colors of the rainbow. This was the dazzling light which shows the presence of the LORD. When I saw this, I fell face downward on the ground. Then I heard a voice

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Jesus answered, "For a long time I have been with you all; yet you do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. Why, then, do you say, 'Show us the Father'?

He alone is immortal; he lives in the light that no one can approach. No one has ever seen him; no one can ever see him. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.

Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire, and sitting on the throne was a figure that looked like a human being.

The figure seemed to be shining like bronze in the middle of a fire. It shone all over with a bright light

I looked at the dome over the heads of the living creatures and above them was something that seemed to be a throne made of sapphire.

His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne there was a rainbow the color of an emerald.

The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made from a single pearl. The street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.

The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God shines on it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Who is this whose glance is like the dawn? She is beautiful and bright, as dazzling as the sun or the moon.

As they looked on, a change came over Jesus: his face was shining like the sun, and his clothes were dazzling white.

He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His face was as bright as the midday sun.

and shining with the glory of God. The city shone like a precious stone, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself was made of pure gold, as clear as glass.