Character & Virtues

Bible Verses About appearances

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What does the Bible say about appearances? Browse 14 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: 1 Samuel 16:7
King James (KJV)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. outward: Heb. eyes

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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. outward: Heb. eyes
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; broided: or, plaited
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. right: Heb. greatly
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

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