7 Bible Verses about Externals

Nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him. It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him."

And he said to them, "Have not even you any understanding then? Do you not see that nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him,

Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

But the Master said to him, "You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external.

So I never lose heart. Though my outer nature is wasting away, my inner is being renewed every day.

You must not adopt the external attractions of arranging the hair and wearing jewelry and dress;