What Does the Bible Say About What A Person Looks Like?

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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.”

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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.

James 2:1-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Matthew 6:28-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Isaiah 53:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.

Song of Solomon 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 31:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

12 Bible Verses about What A Person Looks Like

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 2:1-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:28-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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12 Bible Verses about What A Person Looks Like

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1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 2:1-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:28-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes