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NASB | Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 31:30 Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD [reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect], she shall be praised. |
Bible Question: How would you explain to a teen age girl who thinks she is ugly because she has black marks on her face caused by acne who is actually very attractive that she is beautiful using scriptural reference? |
Bible Answer: Scripture teaches physical beauty is passing. Look around age even catches up to the most beautiful of our actresses and actors. Psalms 39:11 (NKJV) 11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah Proverbs 31:30 (NKJV) 30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. However we live in a fallen world and much is judged not by what is important but rather by how it looks. She will have to learn to live with this. But she also needs to learn that there is also an inter beauty one that people that aren't shallow look for and see. I have seen beautiful people that are truly ugly once you get to know them. I have seen ugly people that are as ugly inside as they are outside. But I have also seen what most would classify as ugly which had an inter beauty that transcended their outer appearance. They were beautiful people and their beauty lasted a lifetime. For whatever reason she was placed in this position and nothing will change that. It is now up to her to decide what she will do about it. She can become bitter withdrawn and let this problem overcome her. Or she can develop into a beautiful person that draws people to her. The choice is hers. In either case in a few years from now all her peers will have lost their beauty and what is inside them will become what is important. She was placed in a position to get a headstart on that process. :-) EdB |
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