Bible Verses About Beauty

What does the Bible say about beauty? This may surprise you, but the Bible has a lot to say about beauty! In fact, the Bible talks about beauty in many different ways. For example, the Bible talks about physical beauty, inner beauty, and spiritual beauty. The Bible also talks about beauty in relation to God, others, and ourselves.

The Bible is clear that our inner beauty is far more important than our outer beauty. God looks at our hearts, not our appearance (1 Samuel 16:7). We are to focus on having a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight (1 Peter 3:4). When we have these things, our inner beauty will shine through, regardless of our physical appearance.

In Genesis, we read about God creating the world and everything in it, including humans. He created us in His image, so we have the ability to reflect His beauty. The Psalms are full of references to God’s beauty, and how we can find beauty in Him. In the New Testament, we see Jesus teaching about the beauty of God’s kingdom and how we can find true beauty in following Him. As we seek to follow God and live according to His Word, we can find true beauty in Him.

 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. ⁴ Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

~1 Peter 3:3-4

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

~Ephesians 2:10

 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

~2 Corinthians 4:16

The grass withers and the flowers fall,
    but the word of our God endures forever.”

~Isaiah 40:8

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

~Philippians 4:8

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.

~Psalms 139:14

You are altogether beautiful, my darling;
    there is no flaw in you.

~Song of Songs 4:7

The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

~Romans 8:6 | Image

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

~Matthew 6:28-29

I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, ¹⁰ but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

~1 Timothy 2:9-10

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

~1 Samuel 16:7

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet^[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

~Ecclesiastes 3:11

She is more precious than rubies;
    nothing you desire can compare with her.
¹⁶ Long life is in her right hand;
    in her left hand are riches and honor.
¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.
¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.

~Proverbs 3:15-18

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, ²⁷ for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

~Galatians 3:26-27

 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror

~James 1:23

Your heart became proud
    on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
    because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
    I made a spectacle of you before kings.
¹⁸ By your many sins and dishonest trade
    you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire come out from you,
    and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes on the ground
    in the sight of all who were watching.

~Ezekiel 28:17-18

 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

~Matthew 23:28

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

~Proverbs 31:30

“Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

~Isaiah 60:1

For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.

~Psalm 139:13-14

 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

~Matthew 6:25

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

~Psalm 9:1

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
²     He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

~Psalm 23:1-2

God is within her, she will not fall;
    God will help her at break of day.

~Psalm 46:5

Taste and see that the Lord is good;
    blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
⁹ Fear the Lord, you his holy people,
    for those who fear him lack nothing.
¹⁰ The lions may grow weak and hungry,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

~Psalm 34:8-10

Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

~Psalm 91:3-4

You are altogether beautiful, my darling;
    there is no flaw in you.

~ Song of Solomon 4:7

She is more precious than rubies;
    nothing you desire can compare with her.

~ Proverbs 3:15

Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;
    honor him, for he is your lord.

~Psalms 45:11

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

~Proverbs 6:25

From Zion, perfect in beauty,
    God shines forth.

~Psalms 50:2

 And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.

~Ezekiel 16:14

And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.

~1 Timothy 2:9

 In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.

~ Isaiah 4:2

You have made them^[a] a little lower than the angels^[b]
    and crowned them^[c] with glory and honor.

~Psalm 8:5

~Song of Songs 1:15-16

~Song of Solomon 2:10

~Isaiah 52:7

~Proverbs 27:19

~2 Corinthians 3:18

~Psalm 34:5

~Matthew 5:8

~Proverbs 31:25

~Psalm 139:14

The Lord will vindicate me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever—
    do not abandon the works of your hands.

~Psalm 138:8

 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

~2 Corinthians 12:9

 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.

~Hebrews 2:10

She speaks with wisdom,
    and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

~Proverbs 31:26

^{A wife of noble character who can find?
    She is worth far more than rubies.}

~Proverbs 31:10

You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

~Isaiah 62:3

How attractive and beautiful they will be!
    Grain will make the young men thrive,
    and new wine the young women.

~Zechariah 9:17

~Isaiah 61:3

~Psalm 46:5

~Proverbs 11:16

~1 Timothy 3:11

~Esther 2:7