There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

“You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish in you.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

Then the King will desire your beauty.
Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The city of the great King.

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman;

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name;
Worship the Lord in holy array.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone forth.

“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of beads.”

The voice of the Lord is powerful,
The voice of the Lord is majestic.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.

Worship the Lord in holy attire;
Tremble before Him, all the earth.

For what comeliness and beauty will be theirs!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

Great are the works of the Lord;
They are studied by all who delight in them.

but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Your adornment must not be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses;

Then your fame went forth among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you,” declares the Lord God.

For,
“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,

Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

“I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.

To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

‘Whom do you surpass in beauty?
Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.’

(now the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),

and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

“The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.

The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.

The girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.

O Lord, how many are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all;
The earth is full of Your possessions.

He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.

A Psalm of David.
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.

“Lift up your eyes and see
Those coming from the north.
Where is the flock that was given you,
Your beautiful sheep?