plastic surgery
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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.”
28You shall not cut your flesh for the dead, and you shall not make other figures or marks on yourself. I am the Lord.
30Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.
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.
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.
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.
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,
20O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: “Why have you made me this way?” 21And does not the potter have the authority over the clay to make, from the same material, indeed, one vessel unto honor, yet truly another unto disgrace?
9Woe to him who contradicts his Maker, a mere shard from an earthen vessel! Should the clay say to the potter, “What are you making?” or, “Your work is not made by your hands?” 10Woe to him who says to his father, “Why did you conceive?” or to a woman, “Why did you give birth?” 11Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, his Maker: Would you question me about the future, concerning my sons, and command me concerning the work of my hands? 12I made the earth, and I created man upon it. My hand stretched out the heavens, and I have commanded all their hosts.
13For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother. 14I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.
3All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.
7Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.
2Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
8And now, O Lord, you are our Father, yet truly, we are clay. And you are our Maker, and we are all the works of your hands.
11He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.