Bible Verses About Adornment
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for adornment, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 591 votes, led by 1 Peter 3:3-4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Adornment
1 Peter 3:3-4138 votes
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1 Timothy 2:9-1084 votes
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;
Deuteronomy 22:572 votes
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2039 votes
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?
Isaiah 61:1034 votes
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Ezekiel 16:10-1934 votes
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
1 Peter 3:1-632 votes
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Matthew 6:25-3327 votes
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Jeremiah 4:3023 votes
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Proverbs 31:2520 votes
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Titus 2:1020 votes
Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
John 11:38-4417 votes
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
1 Timothy 2:917 votes
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;
Isaiah 60:712 votes
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
1 Peter 3:312 votes
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1 Timothy 1:810 votes
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
What does the Bible say about adornment?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 3:3-4 on the subject of adornment. Across 591 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 2:9-10, Deuteronomy 22:5, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.