Bible Verses on Beauty

When looking for Bible verses on beauty, you can find a couple different topics. There are those verses that praise beauty on a spiritual level, and other Scriptures that warn us against focusing too much on outer appearance. Here are some Bible verses on beauty:

Praising Beauty

Song of Songs 4:1
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from the hills of Gilead. (NIV)

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (NIV)

Psalm 45:11
For your royal husband delights in your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord. (NLT)

Psalm 50:2
From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance. (NLT)

Proverbs 2:21
If you are honest and innocent, you will keep your land (CEV)

Esther 2:7
Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. (NIV)

Ezekiel 16:14
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. (ESV)

Isaiah 52:7
What a beautiful sight! On the mountains a messenger announces to Jerusalem, “Good news! You’re saved. There will be peace. Your God is now King.” (CEV)

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. (KJV)

Genesis 12:11
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. (NIV)

Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command. (NKJV)

1 Kings 1:4
The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not. (ESV)

1 Samuel 16:12
So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” (NKJV)

1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. (NKJV)

Scriptural Warnings

Proverbs 6:25
Don’t lust for her beauty. Don’t let her coy glances seduce you. (NLT)

Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised. (NLT)

1 Peter 3:3-6
Don’t depend on things like fancy hairdos or gold jewelry or expensive clothes to make you look beautiful.  Be beautiful in your heart by being gentle and quiet. This kind of beauty will last, and God considers it very special. Long ago those women who worshiped God and put their hope in him made themselves beautiful by putting their husbands first. For example, Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her true children, if you do right and don’t let anything frighten you. (CEV)

Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever. (NIV)

Ezekiel 28:17
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. (ESV)

1 Timothy 2:9
I would like for women to wear modest and sensible clothes. They should not have fancy hairdos, or wear expensive clothes, or put on jewelry made of gold or pearls. (CEV)

Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (NIV)

Isaiah 3:24
Instead of fragrance, there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding. (NIV)

1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (NLT)