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7And the Lord said to Samuel: “You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart.”
3For you, there should be no unnecessary adornment of the hair, or surrounding with gold, or the wearing of ornate clothing. 4Instead, you should be a hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptibility of a quiet and meek spirit, rich in the sight of God.
30Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.
9Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire,
27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
14I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.
28You shall not cut your flesh for the dead, and you shall not make other figures or marks on yourself. I am the Lord.
5A woman shall not be clothed with manly apparel, nor shall a man make use of feminine apparel. For whoever does these things is abominable with God.
28So also, you certainly appear to men outwardly to be just. But inwardly you are filled with hypocrisy and iniquity.
23For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with;
22And he said to his disciples: “And so I say to you: Do not choose to be anxious about your life, as to what you may eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. 23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
3For you, there should be no unnecessary adornment of the hair, or surrounding with gold, or the wearing of ornate clothing.
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
26And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”
22A beautiful and senseless woman is like a gold ring in the snout of a swine.