Ugly People

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →

You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

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

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

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

Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

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

So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; — read the full passage →

You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Put on the whole armor of God, that you 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 prepared before that we would walk in them.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Your renown went out among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put on you, says the Lord Yahweh.

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

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to 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 Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

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

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains. — read the full passage →

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

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 sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to 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 loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him. — read the full passage →

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.

“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment. — read the full passage →

Now in all Israel there was no one 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 defect in him.

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; — read the full passage →

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? — read the full passage →

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

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, — read the full passage →

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. — read the full passage →

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

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

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me. — read the full passage →

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

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

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, 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 beg you as foreigners 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 chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants: — read the full passage →

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

For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” — read the full passage →

After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. — read the full passage →

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; — read the full passage →

Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

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

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

His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

Yahweh’s word 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 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Moreover Yahweh’s word came to 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 who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God. — read the full passage →

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

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. — read the full passage →

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you. — read the full passage →

God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again. — read the full passage →

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. — read the full passage →

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

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. — read the full passage →

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

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