7 Bible Verses about Externals

There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him [by] going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person."

And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness.

For the Jew is not {one outwardly}, nor [is] circumcision {outwardly}, in the flesh.

Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner [person] is being renewed day after day.

Let your adornment not be the external [kind], braiding hair and putting on gold jewelry or putting on [fine] clothing,