I've struggled with this my whole life. I'm not one for makeup or jewlery or expensive things, but looking it up I found some quotes from the bible that say to be modest and to love what's in a woman's heart, and that the Lord values what's in the inside not on the outside.
1 Timothy 2:9–10
9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
Peter 3:3–5
3 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. 5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,
The Bible Guild
What if Jesus meant every word He said?
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