What does the Bible say about female beauty?
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The Bible presents female beauty as a good gift of God, worthy of appreciation, yet incomplete and fleeting apart from the fear of the Lord and godly character. Song of Solomon 4:7 celebrates a husband’s delight in his bride, and Proverbs 5:18-19 commends joyful, faithful marital love. Esther 2:7 notes Esther’s lovely appearance, while also showing God’s providence at work through her. But Proverbs 31:30 gives the governing perspective: charm can deceive and beauty fades, whereas a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Scripture therefore calls believers to honor outward beauty without idolizing it, and to prize the enduring beauty of faith, wisdom, holiness, and love.
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- Song of Solomon 4:7
You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
- Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
- Proverbs 5:18-19
[18] Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. [19] A loving doe and a graceful deer-- Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
- 1 Kings 1:1-4
[1] Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat. [2] Therefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm. [3] So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. [4] The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.
- Esther 2:7
He brought up Hadassah, who is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
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