How does God define beautiful? The word itself occurs only nineteen times in the King James Old Testament (Genesis 29:17, Deuteronomy 21:11, etc.). Beautiful is recorded, however, only four times in the New Testament (Matthew 23:27, Acts 3:2, 10, Romans 10:15).
If we define as beautiful things observable by the senses, then God would likely view a sunrise or sunset he created as such. The music of an angelic choir, a green forest, or a well-kept garden might also solicit such an evaluation from the Eternal as well. Beauty, however, goes far deeper with him than that.
The prophet Samuel learned a valuable lesson about what is beautiful to God. He thought David's brother had the looks to be Israel's next king. The Lord, however, told him, "Do not look on his face . . . for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart" (1Samuel 16:7, HBFV throughout). Because David's attitude and heart was beautiful he was specially choosen to be the human king of the Israelites (1Samuel 13:14, Acts 13:22).
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