Bible Verses About Appearances
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for appearances, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 387 votes, led by 1 Samuel 16:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Appearances
1 Samuel 16:754 votes
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.
Matthew 23:2833 votes
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Proverbs 31:3032 votes
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
John 7:2430 votes
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Genesis 1:2729 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2020 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?
1 Timothy 2:920 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;
1 Peter 3:3-419 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;
Psalms 139:1416 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Revelation 1:116 votes
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:
Genesis 1:2615 votes
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.
James 1:2315 votes
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:
John 8:1514 votes
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
Colossians 3:1714 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 10:713 votes
Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
1 Thessalonians 5:2213 votes
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Romans 12:212 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Colossians 3:12-1412 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
John 3:16-1710 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about appearances?
Readers most often cite 1 Samuel 16:7 on the subject of appearances. Across 387 votes, 19 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 23:28, Proverbs 31:30, John 7:24. This page lists all 19 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.