What Does the Bible Say About Beauty?

1 Peter 3:3–4KJV

“Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”

Proverbs 31:30KJV

“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”

Psalms 45:11KJV

“So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.”

1 Samuel 16:7KJV

“But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11KJV

“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”

Song of Solomon 4:7KJV

“Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.”

Isaiah 61:3KJV

“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”