Bible Verses About Inner Beauty
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for inner beauty, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 11,619 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 Inner Beauty
1 Peter 3:3-41,822 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;
Song of Songs 4:71,243 votes
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Proverbs 31:301,076 votes
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Psalms 139:14855 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
1 Samuel 16:7760 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.
1 Peter 3:4631 votes
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Proverbs 3:15591 votes
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
2 Corinthians 4:16470 votes
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Proverbs 3:15-18279 votes
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8250 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Psalms 34:5236 votes
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Ecclesiastes 3:11200 votes
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Proverbs 31:10-31177 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Matthew 5:8171 votes
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
1 Peter 3:1-6168 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 6:28153 votes
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
1 Peter 3:3147 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;
Proverbs 31:25146 votes
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Romans 8:6142 votes
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Psalms 45:11121 votes
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
Galatians 5:25110 votes
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
1 Timothy 2:9-10105 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;
Song of Songs 4:991 votes
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Psalms 139:1381 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1376 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
What does the Bible say about inner beauty?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 3:3-4 on the subject of inner beauty. Across 11,619 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Song of Songs 4:7, Proverbs 31:30, Psalms 139:14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.