Beauty
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· 2 viewsA physical or spiritual quality which brings pleasure to those who behold it. Scripture stresses the beauty of God himself and his creation, while noting that the beauty of the creation can lead away from God or become idolised.
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Beauty in nature
Beauty in nature
Job 38:31; Ec 3:11
See also Ge 49:21; Eze 20:6; Eze 31:7–9
Beautiful people
Beautiful people
Women
Women
Ge 29:17; Es 1:11
See also Ge 6:2; Ge 12:11; Ge 12:14; Ge 24:15–16; Ge 26:7; Dt 21:11; 1 Sa 25:3; 2 Sa 13:1; 2 Sa 14:27; 1 Ki 1:3–4
Esther:
Esther:
Es 2:7; Es 2:17
Job 42:15; Ps 45:11; So 2:14; So 4:7; So 7:1
Men
Men
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
See also 1 Sa 16:12; 1 Sa 17:42; 2 Sa 14:25; 1 Ki 1:6; So 1:16; So 5:10; Eze 23:6; Eze 23:23
An enhanced quality
An enhanced quality
Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
See also Es 2:9; Es 2:12; Is 3:24; Eze 7:20
Beauty and lack of beauty as external impressions
Beauty and lack of beauty as external impressions
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.
See also Pr 11:22; Pr 31:30; 1 Pe 3:3
May lead to pride and lust
May lead to pride and lust
Pr 6:25–26; Eze 28:17
See also 2 Sa 11:2–4; Ge 12:11–12; Ge 39:7; Eze 23:12
Beautiful artefacts
Beautiful artefacts
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
See also Jos 7:21; Eze 27:3–4; Eze 27:11; Eze 27:24; Ac 3:2
The beauty of Jerusalem
The beauty of Jerusalem
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
See also Ps 48:2; Re 21:2; Je 6:2; La 2:15; Eze 16:10–15; Eze 16:25; Da 11:45
The beauty of God as the joy of believers
The beauty of God as the joy of believers
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
See also Ps 29:2; 1 Ch 16:29; Ro 10:15; Is 52:7; Is 4:2; Is 28:5; Is 33:17; Is 61:3; Je 11:16