Ugly People

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel; — read the full passage →

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

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

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

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. — read the full passage →

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

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

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, mybride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.

to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

As in water faceanswerethto face, So the heart of man to man.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon. — read the full passage →

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

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 birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. — read the full passage →

Paul, calledto bean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment. — read the full passage →

Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? — read the full passage →

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; — read the full passage →

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? — read the full passage →

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. — read the full passage →

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel. — read the full passage →

I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered and said, — read the full passage →

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. — read the full passage →

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: — read the full passage →

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us. — read the full passage →

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him. — read the full passage →

Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts; — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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

Andhisbrightness was as the light; He had rayscoming forthfrom his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying, — read the full passage →

The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God. — read the full passage →

The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion. — read the full passage →

My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →

Whom have I in heavenbut thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. — read the full passage →

O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again. — read the full passage →

My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? — read the full passage →

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork. — read the full passage →

Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! — read the full passage →

And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. — read the full passage →