Well, yes and yes. The Bible clearly speaks favorably of the first and never condemns the second.
Gifts for Rebekah.
Genesis 24:22
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a
gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.
Genesis 24:30
As soon as he had seen the
nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.
Genesis 24:47
"I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' "She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' "
Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,
Look at all those things Israel is wearing. God is taking it away as a punishment, not to purify them.
Isaiah 3:18-23
In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery:
the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, the earrings and bracelets and veils, the headdresses and ankle chains and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, the
signet rings and nose rings, the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses and mirrors, and the linen garments and
tiaras and shawls.
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