Jesus said above all, love. He is love establishes strength and wisdom to develop discretion, allowing us to become more like the person Solomon speaks of here:. As freeing as it is to walk through life knowing who we are in Him, we can still fall victim to charm.
Modesty, according to the Bible, is less of self and more of Christ. Humility, purity, and generosity, but not to be noticed or practiced as a religious requirement. We are fearfully and wonderfully made , not to be ashamed of who we are in Christ.
We exist to honor God , with our physical bodies and our behavior. From the beginning of Genesis, our human frailty to fall into sin tainted our view of ourselves and our desires Genesis From the very beginning, God had a plan to cover us. Not only the newfound shame in our nakedness Genesis but the death we deserve for our sinful nature Genesis The key is knowing what things we should actually be ashamed of.
Modesty is the outward expression of inner purity. Paul instructed the Philippians to fix their thoughts on things not of this world. For more verses on purity, click here. When the community of people surrounding us peers into our lives, what do they see? Modesty is the powerful reflection of a daily walk with Jesus. David prayed for God to search his heart, as we should, asking God to redefine our definition of beauty. Meggie Cotonethal points out the dual use of the Greek word kosmios modest or respectable in 1 Timothy and 1 Timothy It means orderliness and propriety in women in 1 Timothy , and in 1 Timothy implores respectable and good behavior in men.
For more verses about modesty, click here. The word modesty is not prevalent in the Bible. Though God clearly categorizes the lack thereof as a vice, Scripture focuses is more on powerful virtues to develop modesty. Jesus is the pinnacle of modesty. Here are the Bible verses about modesty that your daughter needs to know. I frame their messes! Jesus chose to die for the imperfect version of all of us.
Raising a secure daughter in a society full of comparison requires the development of humility, discretion, and constraint. She sees the world that needs Jesus and runs into it to shower it with His love. If a toddler knocks her cup of coffee over and it splatters all over her favorite sweater, she laughs and is thankful for the hug. If a teenager borrows her favorite jacket without asking, she corrects the character issue with love because that matters more than the jacket.
Just get hung up on Jesus. Immodesty has been linked to being brash, and somehow shame has become the driving force behind modesty. I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
We could keep going…but you get the point. You have the most beautiful opportunity to speak life and truth and identity into her, from the time she is very young. Teach her to walk boldy in her gifts. And teach her to love 1 Corinthians 13 tells us this is essential! If she has the gift of encouragement, teach her too encourage. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him.
For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh.
They shall reach from the hips to the thighs;. On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand.
Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
Take the millstones and grind flour, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers. Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your disgrace shall be seen.
I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one. After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him.
And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury. The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet, therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents; the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,.
And on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,. To bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs.
At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah; a love song. My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
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