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What Does the Bible Say About Our Appearance?

Here are 15 Bible verses about our appearance, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 Samuel 16:7

    But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

    BSBBut the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

  2. #21 Peter 3:3-4

    Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

    BSBYour beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

  3. #3Proverbs 31:30

    Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

    BSBCharm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

  4. #41 Timothy 2:9

    In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

    BSBLikewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

  5. #5Genesis 1:27

    So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

    BSBSo God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

  6. #6Leviticus 19:28

    Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

    BSBYou must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  7. #7Psalms 139:14

    I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

    BSBI praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

  8. #8Deuteronomy 22:5

    The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

    BSBA woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

  9. #9Matthew 23:28

    Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

    BSBIn the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

  10. #10James 1:23

    For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

    BSBFor anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

  11. #111 Peter 3:3

    Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

    BSBYour beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

  12. #12Luke 12:22-23

    And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

    BSBThen Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

  13. #13Romans 12:2

    And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

    BSBDo not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

  14. #14Genesis 1:26

    And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    BSBThen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

  15. #15Proverbs 11:22

    As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

    BSBLike a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

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