Proverbs 31:30 ~ "Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."
1. Absalom had outward beauty. ~ 2 Samuel 14:25.
2. Outward beauty is consumed away. ~ Psalms 39:11.
3. The rich man's beauty shall consume in the grave. ~ Psalms 49:14.
4. Outward beauty is vain. ~ Proverbs 31:30.
5. Outward beauty leads to pride. Outward beauty is a fading flower. ~ Isaiah 28:4.
6. Destruction comes to those that trust in their own beauty. ~ Ezekiel 16:15. Other examples: Ezekiel 27:3; 27:11; 28:7; 28:17; Zechariah 11:7.
Positive things about Beauty ~ Emphasis on the Inward.
Isaiah 61:3 ~ " To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified."
1. Arron's garments were for glory and beauty. ~ Ex. 28:2. Arron was the High Priest. He was to be clothed in Glory and Beauty for God's Glory. He was identified with God as God's High Priest.
2. We are to worship the LORD in Beauty of Holiness. ~ 1 Chron. 16:29 & 2 Chron. 20:21.
3. The LORD is decked with majesty, excellency, glory and beauty. ~ Job 40:10.
4. "Behold the Beauty of the LORD." ~ Psalms 27:4.
5. The King's daughters were to beautiful and to worship the LORD. ~ Psalms 45:11.
6. Zions is the perfection of Beauty where God continually shines. ~ Psalms 50:2.
7. "And let the Beauty of the LORD our God be upon us:" ~ Psalms 90:17. God's Beauty is to be on us. We are to let the LORD shine through us and when He does; His beauty reflects on us.
8. Strength and Beauty are the LORD's Sanctuary. ~ Psalms 96:5
9. Those who live for the LORD shall see the KING in His Beauty. ~ Isaiah 33:17.
10. God give His Children beauty for ashes. ~ Isaiah 61:3
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