Proverbs 31:30

30 aCharm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Ezekiel 16:15-22

15 b“But you trusted in your beauty cand played the whore
Or were unfaithful; also verses 16, 17, 26, 28
because of your renown eand lavished your whorings
Or unfaithfulness; also verses 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36
on any passerby; your beauty
Hebrew it
became his.
16You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.
The meaning of this Hebrew sentence is uncertain
17You also took iyour beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and jmade for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore. 18And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, kand set my oil and my incense before them. 19 lAlso my bread that I gave you— mI fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for na pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord God. 20 oAnd you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and pthese you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter 21that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them? 22And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember qthe days of your youth, rwhen you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.

Nahum 3:4-6

4And all for the countless whorings of the sprostitute,
tgraceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings,
and peoples with her charms.
5 uBehold, I am against you,
declares the Lord of hosts,
and vwill lift up your skirts over your face;
and I will make nations look at wyour nakedness
and kingdoms at your shame.
6I will throw filth at you
and xtreat you with contempt
and make you ya spectacle.

1 Peter 3:3-4

3 zDo not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear 4but let your adorning be aathe hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

2 Peter 2:22

22What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The abdog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

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