The lesser known tradition is that during one period of Israel's history, the groom would customarily send his bride a gift of gold when the day of the wedding was drawing closer. This gift was to be a sign to her that she must complete the last of her preparations for his coming was imminent. The law of Thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold, yes above fine gold. Finally, in the scriptures, gold is symbolic of the quality of our relationship and service to the Lord.
Gold symbolizes a purity of relationship, a costly giving of self.
The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church regarding the judgment of rewards and explained that there would be a difference between those who built their lives on the foundation of gold, silver and precious stones and those who built on wood, hay and stubble.