7 Bible Verses about Externals

Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!

But the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments or fine clothes.