Bible Verses About Body Image
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for body image, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 23,661 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 Body Image
1 Samuel 16:71,042 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.
Psalms 139:14975 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
1 Peter 3:3-4908 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 Corinthians 6:19-20870 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?
Proverbs 31:30760 votes
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Genesis 1:26-27610 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.
1 Timothy 4:8607 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Ephesians 2:10582 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Romans 12:1547 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Genesis 1:27500 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Romans 12:2431 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.
1 Corinthians 10:31404 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Genesis 1:26391 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.
1 Timothy 2:9-10385 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;
Leviticus 19:28352 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:13320 votes
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Isaiah 43:7319 votes
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Philippians 4:13317 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17312 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Proverbs 31:25303 votes
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
1 Corinthians 6:19289 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?
Romans 12:1-2288 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Song of Songs 4:7282 votes
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Genesis 1:31280 votes
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7275 votes
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
What does the Bible say about body image?
Readers most often cite 1 Samuel 16:7 on the subject of body image. Across 23,661 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 139:14, 1 Peter 3:3-4, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.