They say “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,” which means that defining beauty can be tough. However, God’s word can help us discover what the true meaning of beauty should be. Use these Bible verses to find the real beauty in yourself, others, and everything around us.
Here are our top 20 Bible verses about being beautiful!
20 and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him.
- Psalm 45:11
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19 Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
- Ezekiel 28:17
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18 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
- Isaiah 52:7
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17 Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
- Song of Solomon 1:15
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16 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
- Zechariah 9:17
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15 And your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 16:14
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14 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
- Psalm 50:2
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13 You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
- Isaiah 62:3
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12 Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
- Song of Solomon 4:1
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11 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
- Isaiah 40:8
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10 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
- 1 Peter 3:3-4
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9 I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
- 1 Timothy 2:9-10
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8 You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
- Song of Solomon 4:7
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7 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
- Psalm 139:14
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6 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
- Proverbs 6:25-26
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5 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11
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4 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.
- Proverbs 31:30-31
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3 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”
- 1 Samuel 16:7
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2 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
- Philippians 4:8
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1 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 1:27
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The Hidden Person
As they say, “All that glitters is not gold,” and that’s true, but what is truly important to God is not what glitters, but what’s in the heart. The Apostle Peter said, “Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious” (1 Peter 3:3-4). A humble, gentle, quiet spirit is very attractive to me, and makes someone very approachable.
Altogether Beautiful
Yes, we are to focus on the inward beauty or character of a person, but not to the total exclusion of the outward appearances. For example, the reason I came to my wife was because I was attracted to her, and even today I can say, “You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you” (Song of Solomon 4:7). She is inwardly and outwardly beautiful, so I am doubly blessed.
Fearing the Lord
Time catches up with us all, and time is a cruel taskmaster too, grinding away at us, as it were, day by day and year by year. Things not only catch up with me…they pass me by, so it is best to know that “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised” (Proverbs 31:30). One thing will last (fear of the Lord); the other will not. One is eternal; the other is temporal.
Looks on the Heart
When Israel was choosing a king, most would never have picked David….a teenage sheep herder…the runt of his litter, small and ruddy, “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). God chose best, as King David would be Israel’s greatest king (till Christ comes!) and a man after God’s own heart.
Wonderfully Made
No matter what you and I look like, we must remember that God is the Potter and we are the clay, so we must say to the Potter, “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well” (Psalm 139:14). God knew best and knew what He was doing when He made us. Besides, this life is fleeting, and the glorified bodies in the coming kingdom will overshadow our bodies today.
Beauty can be both a blessing and a curse, because people will treat you for how you look and not treat you for how you are as a person, so some relationships will be shallow ones, but inward beauty is the greatest beauty of all, and that’s what is most pleasing to God.
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Written by Pastor Jack Wellman
