24 Bible Verses about Inner Beauty

Instead of that, it should be a new nature within--the imperishable ornament of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which is indeed precious in the sight of God.

Your adornment ought not to be a merely outward thing--one of plaiting the hair, putting on jewelry, or wearing beautiful dresses.

For in ancient times also this was the way the holy women who set their hopes upon God used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their husbands.

Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth.

Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, and then the outside will be clean also.

some men were carrying there one who had been lame from birth, whom they were wont to place every day close to the Beautiful Gate (as it was called)

For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people,

The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full of insincerity and disregard of God's Law.

Do you not know that you are God's Sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God has His home within you?

and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves

For us, however, God has drawn aside the veil through the teaching of the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, including the depths of the divine nature.

But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.

let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house;

and I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly clothes,

For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do.

That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,

I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for me.

"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones and of all that is unclean.

Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in right doing;

and have clothed yourselves with the new self which is being remoulded into full knowledge so as to become like Him who created it.