By looking through the scriptures, you can see how God’s creation is blessed with beautiful things ranging from humans, animals, tress, cities and more. Several Bible quotes about beauty reveal the differences.
This earth is full of beautiful things. However, the word ‘beauty’ differs from individual perspective. God also sees beauty in a way that is far beyond our comprehension. This is true because the Lord knows the hidden treasures in everything and anyone. He doesn’t simply look at the appearance. Interestingly, several Bible verses about beauty demonstrate the differences.
In all, nature is full of beautiful things. Think of how ‘beauty’ is often applied to women (Sarah, Esther, the Shunnamite, etc) and how God described cities like Jerusalem as beautiful.
Again, when we look at these Bible quotes about beauty, we can understand that God’s entire creation is full of beautiful things.
Scriptures About Beauty
1. “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” (1 Peter 3:3-4)
2. “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27)
3. “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” (Isaiah 40:8)
4. “You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.” (Song of Songs 4:7)
5. “My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies.” (Song of Songs 6:4)
6. “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
7. “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10)
8. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?” (Matthew 6:25)
9. “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16)
10. “I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.” (1 Timothy 2:9-10)
11. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalm 139:13-14)
12. “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” (Isaiah 60:1)
13. “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” (Proverbs 31:30)
14. “You must make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty.” (Exodus 28:2)
15. “For Aaron’s sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty. ” (Exodus 28:40)
16. “To bring Queen Vashti into the king’s presence wearing her royal high turban. He wanted to show the people and the officials her beauty, for she was very attractive.” (Esther 1:11)
17. “Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes.” (Proverbs 6:25)
18. “For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.” (James 1:11)
19. “The sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.” (Genesis 6:2)
20. “As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.” (Genesis 12:11)
21. “So they looked through all Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.” (1 Kings 1:3)
22. “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.” (Matthew 23:27)
23. “By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.” (Hebrews 11:23)
24. “Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?” (Song of songs 6:10)
25. “God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.” (Ecclesiastics 3:11)
26. “From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, God comes in splendor.” (Psalm 50:2)
In summation, we can see that beauty can be seen inside out of a person. The inner beauty is essential to the outside beauty. In view of this, God sees deeper —the beauty in each person (the heart) —unlike we humans.
It is therefore, necessary to behold God’s creation with love without discrimination. May these quotes on beauty enlighten you to see the real beauty in people and everything we come into contact with.
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