Bible Verses About Our Appearance
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for our appearance, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,324 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 Our Appearance
1 Samuel 16:7364 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 3:3-4275 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 31:30185 votes
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
1 Timothy 2:9150 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;
Genesis 1:27114 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Leviticus 19:2898 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
Psalms 139:1497 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Deuteronomy 22:593 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.
Matthew 23:2885 votes
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
James 1:2381 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:
Luke 12:22-2376 votes
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
1 Peter 3:373 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;
Romans 12:254 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.
Genesis 1:2653 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.
Proverbs 11:2242 votes
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
John 8:1539 votes
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
Ecclesiastes 11:1034 votes
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Colossians 3:12-1433 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Romans 8:1131 votes
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
1 Corinthians 11:14-1531 votes
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
John 3:1229 votes
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
1 Peter 2:1226 votes
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
James 2:525 votes
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Matthew 6:19-2124 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 19:2323 votes
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
What does the Bible say about our appearance?
Readers most often cite 1 Samuel 16:7 on the subject of our appearance. Across 2,324 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:3-4, Proverbs 31:30, 1 Timothy 2:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.