Physical Appearance

But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. — read the full passage →

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. — read the full passage →

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: — read the full passage →

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. — read the full passage →

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. — read the full passage →

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. — read the full passage →

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. — read the full passage →

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Thou shalt not steal.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. — read the full passage →

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? — read the full passage →

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; — read the full passage →

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;