'Beauty' in the Bible

Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and beauty.

Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons to give them glory and beauty.

The girl was of unsurpassed beauty, and she became the king’s caregiver. She served him, but he was not intimate with her.

He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.

to bring Queen Vashti before him with her royal crown. He wanted to show off her beauty to the people and the officials, because she was very beautiful.

Let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom, so that they may assemble all the beautiful young women to the harem at the fortress of Susa. Put them under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women, and give them the required beauty treatments.

The young woman pleased him and gained his favor so that he accelerated the process of the beauty treatments and the special diet that she received. He assigned seven hand-picked female servants to her from the palace and transferred her and her servants to the harem’s best quarters.

During the year before each young woman’s turn to go to King Ahasuerus, the harem regulation required her to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

By His breath the heavens gained their beauty;His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

I have asked one thing from the Lord;it is what I desire:to dwell in the house of the Lordall the days of my life,gazing on the beauty of the Lordand seeking Him in His temple.

and the king will desire your beauty.Bow down to him, for he is your lord.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty,God appears in radiance.

Lord, Your testimonies are completely reliable;holiness is the beauty of Your housefor all the days to come.

Splendor and majesty are before Him;strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

She will place a garland of grace on your head;she will give you a crown of beauty.”

Don’t lust in your heart for her beautyor let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting,but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

Instead of perfume there will be a stench;instead of a belt, a rope;instead of beautifully styled hair, baldness;instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;instead of beauty, branding.

The Lord of Hosts planned it,to desecrate all its glorious beauty,to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth.

On that daythe Lord of Hosts will become a crown of beautyand a diadem of splendorto the remnant of His people,

Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;you will see a vast land.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion;to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,festive oil instead of mourning,and splendid clothes instead of despair.And they will be called righteous trees,planted by the Lordto glorify Him.

ס SamekAll who pass byscornfully clap their hands at you.They mock and shake their headsat Daughter Jerusalem:Is this the city that was calledthe perfection of beauty,the joy of the whole earth?

Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor, which I had bestowed on you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

“But you were confident in your beauty and acted like a prostitute because of your fame. You lavished your sexual favors on everyone who passed by. Your beauty became his.

You built your elevated place at the head of every street and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.

Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands: This is what the Lord God says:Tyre, you declared,‘I am perfect in beauty.’

Your realm was in the heart of the sea;your builders perfected your beauty.

Men of Arvad and Helechwere stationed on your walls all around,and Gammadites were in your towers.They hung their shields all around your walls;they perfected your beauty.

“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the Lord God says:You were the seal of perfection,full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Your heart became proud because of your beauty;For the sake of your splendoryou corrupted your wisdom.So I threw you down to the earth;I made you a spectacle before kings.

The cedars in God’s garden could not rival it;the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,nor could the plane trees match its boughs.No tree in the garden of Godcould compare with it in beauty.

Beauty is stripped,she is carried away;her ladies-in-waiting moanlike the sound of doves,and beat their breasts.

Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments or fine clothes.