Facial Hair

`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst--unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away; — read the full passage →

they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes,

And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,

`And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber's razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused <FI>it<Fi> to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.

that men come in from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria--eighty men--with shaven beards, and rent garments, and cutting themselves, and an offering and frankincense in their hand, to bring in to the house of Jehovah.

And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth them, and cutteth their long robes in the midst, unto the buttocks, and sendeth them away. — read the full passage →

My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.

doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?

And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king--and he prepared not his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, yea, his garments he washed not, even from the day of the going away of the king, till the day that he came in peace--

He hath gone up to Bajith and Dibon, The high places--to weep, On Nebo and on Medeba Moab howleth, On all its heads <FI>is<Fi> baldness, every beard cut off.

And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.

For every head <FI>is<Fi> bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins--sackcloth.

In that day doth the Lord shave, By a razor that is hired beyond the river, By the king of Asshur, The head, and the hair of the feet, Yea, also the beard it consumeth.

and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.

and they declare <FI>it<Fi> to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, `Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up--then ye have returned.'

And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head--baldness, And made it as a mourning <FI>of<Fi> an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.

that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, `A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I <FI>am<Fi> from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.'

And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner <FI>of the beard<Fi> , And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of Jehovah.

And Paul having remained yet a good many days, having taken leave of the brethren, was sailing to Syria--and with him <FI>are<Fi> Priscilla and Aquilas--having shorn <FI>his<Fi> head in Cenchera, for he had a vow;

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together! — read the full passage →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

My beloved <FI>is<Fi> clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad!

And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou <FI>in<Fi> peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;

and the heads of the sons of Ammon say to Hanun, `Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, because he hath sent to thee comforters? in order to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out, the land, have not his servants come in unto thee?' — read the full passage →

and he saith: Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And mourned have pastures of the shepherds, And withered hath the top of Carmel!

desirable bread I have not eaten, and flesh and wine hath not come in unto my mouth, and I have not anointed myself at all, till the completion of three weeks of days.

And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, `The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite, — read the full passage →

And <FI>some<Fi> go, and declare to David concerning the men, and he sendeth to meet them--for the men have been greatly ashamed--and the king saith, `Dwell in Jericho till that your beard is grown, then ye have returned.'

and the heads of the sons of Ammon say to Hanun, `Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, because he hath sent to thee comforters? in order to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out, the land, have not his servants come in unto thee?' — read the full passage →

they <FI>are<Fi> near the great stone that <FI>is<Fi> in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab <FI>is<Fi> girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle--a sword <FI>is<Fi> fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth. — read the full passage →

and I have gone out after him, and smitten him, and delivered out of his mouth, and he riseth against me, and I have taken hold on his beard, and smitten him, and put him to death.

And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he <FI>is<Fi> ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, `Rise, anoint him, for this <FI>is<Fi> he.'

`All days of the vow of his separation a razor doth not pass over his head; till the fulness of the days which he doth separate to Jehovah he is holy; grown up hath the upper part of the hair of his head.

and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.

And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh.

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,