Bible Verses About Ugly
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for ugly, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,823 votes, led by Proverbs 31:30. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ugly
Proverbs 31:30200 votes
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
1 Samuel 16:7199 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.
Ecclesiastes 3:11155 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.
1 Peter 3:3-4144 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 11:22135 votes
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
Psalms 139:14116 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Isaiah 53:288 votes
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
2 Corinthians 4:1680 votes
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Song of Songs 1:5-674 votes
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Genesis 1:2756 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Matthew 23:27-2848 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
1 Timothy 4:848 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.
Proverbs 6:2546 votes
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
1 Timothy 2:9-1044 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;
Proverbs 6:16-1943 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Genesis 29:1732 votes
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
1 Samuel 25:328 votes
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
Isaiah 53:2-328 votes
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Ezekiel 16:1428 votes
And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.
James 2:1-424 votes
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Genesis 1:3121 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.
Proverbs 15:1320 votes
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Song of Songs 4:720 votes
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Zechariah 11:1720 votes
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Romans 12:1620 votes
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
What does the Bible say about ugly?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 31:30 on the subject of ugly. Across 1,823 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Samuel 16:7, Ecclesiastes 3:11, 1 Peter 3:3-4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.