13 آية من الكتاب المقدس حول جمال المرأة



  • Proverbs 31:30 calls beauty fleeting and praises “a woman who fears the Lord,” in a poem that spends most of its length on her work.
  • 1 Peter 3:3-4 and 1 Timothy 2:9-10 both name elaborate hairstyles, gold and costly clothes, and point to another adornment: a gentle and quiet spirit in Peter, good deeds in Paul.
  • Sarai, Rachel, Abigail and Esther are each called beautiful, and in Genesis 12 Sarai’s beauty is the reason Abram fears for his life.
  • The word for flaw in Song of Solomon 4:7, mum, is the blemish Leviticus 22:21 says an offering must be without.
  • Ezekiel 16:14 says God’s splendor made Jerusalem’s beauty perfect, and the next verse charges her with trusting in it.

The Bible calls several women beautiful, yet its teaching passages rank beauty below character. Proverbs 31:30 says so directly: “beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” First Peter 3:3-4 and 1 Timothy 2:9-10 apply the same contrast to how women adorn themselves. The narratives name the beauty of Sarai (Genesis 12:11), Rachel (Genesis 29:17), Abigail (1 Samuel 25:3) and Esther (Esther 2:7), and for Sarai and Rachel it brings danger or rivalry as…

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