Hair length

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• 1 Corinthians 11:14

  Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

• 1 Corinthians 11:15

  But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

• Ezekiel 44:20

  Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

• Deuteronomy 22:5

  The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

• 1 Corinthians 11:1–34

  Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. …

• 2 Samuel 14:26

  And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

• Numbers 6:5

  All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

• 1 Timothy 2:9

  In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

• 1 Corinthians 11:6

  For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

• 1 Peter 3:3

  Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

• 1 Corinthians 11:14–15

  Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

• Luke 21:18

  But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

• Revelation 1:1

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

• Acts 18:18

  And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

• Leviticus 19:27

  Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

• Leviticus 21:5

  They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

• Judges 16:17

  That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

• Judges 13:5

  For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

• 1 Timothy 2:9–10

  In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

• 1 Corinthians 11:16

  But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

• Proverbs 16:31

  The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

• Matthew 10:30

  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

• 1 Corinthians 11:8

  For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

• Luke 12:7

  But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

• 1 Corinthians 11:13

  Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

• 1 Samuel 1:11

  And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

• Genesis 3:16

  Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

• 1 Peter 3:3–5

  Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

• Luke 7:38

  And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

• 1 Corinthians 11:7

  For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

• 1 Corinthians 11:5

  But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

• 1 Corinthians 11:3

  But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

• Revelation 9:8

  And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

• 1 Corinthians 11:4

  Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

• Acts 17:10–11

  And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

• Leviticus 19:32

  Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

• Psalms 40:12

  For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

• 1 Corinthians 11:10

  For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

• 1 Corinthians 11:3–15

  But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. …

• 1 Corinthians 11:2

  Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.