BEAUTY-DISFIGUREMENT

(A) PHYSICAL BEAUTY

(1) Examples of

Ge 12:11; 24:16; 29:17; 1Sa 16:12; 25:3; 2Sa 11:2; 14:25
Es 1:11; 2:7; Job 42:15; Da 1:15; Ac 7:20

(2) Vanity of

Ps 39:11; 49:14; Pr 11:22; 31:30; Isa 28:1

(3) The Beauties of Nature

Ps 19:1; Ec 3:11; Isa 35:1; Ho 14:6; Mt 6:28,29

--SEE Nature's Revelation, REVELATIONS

(B) SPIRITUAL BEAUTY

(1) General References to

Ps 149:4; So 6:10; Eze 16:14; Eph 5:27; 1Pe 3:3,4; Re 21:2

--SEE Spiritual Adorning,
Bride, CHURCH, THE

(2) Christlikeness, the Ultimate Aim of the Christian Life

Ro 8:29; 1Co 15:49; 2Co 3:18; Php 3:21; Col 3:10
2Pe 1:4; 1Jo 3:2

--SEE New Man, NEW MAN

(C) DISFIGUREMENT OF SIN

(1) General References to

Pr 6:33; 23:29; Isa 1:6; Jer 30:12; Mic 1:9

(2) Seen in its Degrading Marks left upon Men

Pr 21:29; Isa 3:9; Re 13:16; 14:9; 16:2; 19:20

(D) MUTILATION of the body, General References to

Jud 1:6; 16:21; 2Sa 4:12; 1Ki 18:28; Eze 23:25; Mr 5:5

--Forbidden SEE Body Sacred, BODY, HUMAN