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Bible Verses About Body Image

10 Bible verses about body image, quoted word for word from the King James Version (KJV) and the World English Bible (WEB). Both translations are in the public domain. Tap a chapter link to read each verse in its full context.

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Psalm 139:14

KJVI will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

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

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1 Samuel 16:7

KJVBut 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.

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

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20

KJVWhat? 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 ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

WEBOr don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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Proverbs 31:30

KJVFavour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

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

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1 Peter 3:3-4

KJVWhose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

WEBLet your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing, but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.

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Genesis 1:27

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

WEBGod created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

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Ephesians 2:10

KJVFor we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

WEBFor we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

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1 Timothy 4:8

KJVFor 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.

WEBFor 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.

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2 Corinthians 4:16

KJVFor which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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

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Psalm 34:5

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

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

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