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18 Bible Verses About Beauty and Self-Worth

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Summary

  • 1 Samuel 16:7 tells Samuel the Lord looks at the heart, and verse 12 still describes David, the son chosen, as handsome.
  • 1 Peter 3:3-4 calls a gentle and quiet spirit “unfading beauty” and says it is “of great worth in God’s sight.”
  • Isaiah 43:4 gives God’s love as the reason Israel is “precious and honored in my sight.”
  • In Luke 12:7, being “worth more than many sparrows” is Jesus’ reason for telling his friends not to be afraid.
  • Psalm 45 and Song of Solomon 4 praise a bride’s beauty, and Psalm 27:4 asks to gaze on the beauty of the Lord.

The Bible places a person’s worth in being made and loved by God, and it treats physical beauty as real but fleeting. Genesis 1:27 and Psalm 139:14 tie worth to creation, Isaiah 43:4 and Luke 12:7 to God’s regard, and Romans 5:8 to Christ’s death for sinners. On looks, 1 Samuel 16:7 says “the LORD looks at the heart,” Proverbs 31:30 says “beauty is fleeting,” 1 Peter 3:3-4 speaks of “the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,” and…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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