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2 Samuel 14:25

WEB

25Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

KJV

25¶ But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

BSB

25Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

FBV

25Absalom was admired as the most handsome man in the whole of Israel. He didn't have a single blemish from head to toe.

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Extra References

Isaiah 1:6

6From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.


Job 2:7

7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.


Deuteronomy 28:35

35The LORD will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.


1 Samuel 16:7

7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”


Matthew 23:27

27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.


Proverbs 31:30

30Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.


1 Samuel 9:2

2He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.


Ephesians 5:27

27that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.