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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