Topic
Grey Hair
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A crown of beauty <FI>are<Fi> grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.
The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.
Even to old age I <FI>am<Fi> He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.
`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;
Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled <FI>itself<Fi> on him, And he hath not known.
And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,
and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
and a hair out of your head shall not perish;
and of you--even the hairs of the head are all numbered;
and in his polling his head--and it hath been at the end of year by year that he polleth <FI>it<Fi> , for it <FI>is<Fi> heavy on him, and he hath polled it--he hath even weighed out the hair of his head--two hundred shekels by the king's weight.
and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother <FI>is<Fi> dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'
in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,
and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;
doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?
but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.
For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.
`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 they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as <FI>those<Fi> of lions,
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →
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 the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,
`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> any one doing these.
and his head and hairs white, as if white wool--as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →
for if a woman is not covered--then let her be shorn, and if <FI>it is<Fi> a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven--let her be covered;
and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →
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;
`I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow <FI>is<Fi> white, and the hair of his head <FI>is<Fi> as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.
Cut off thy crown, and cast <FI>it<Fi> away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.
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 it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.
Better <FI>is<Fi> a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. — read the full passage →
A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. — 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;
`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
and the priest hath seen, and lo, a white rising in the skin, and it hath turned the hair white, and a quickening of raw flesh <FI>is<Fi> in the rising, --
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →
wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'
and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing--
My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.
Even from the day I <FI>am<Fi> He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who doth turn it back?
Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;
And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim <FI>are<Fi> on the bed, and the mattress of goats' <FI>hair<Fi> , <FI>for<Fi> his pillows.
among all this people <FI>are<Fi> seven hundred chosen men, bound of their right hand, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he doth not err.
`And it hath been, on the seventh day--he shaveth all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he doth shave, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and hath been clean.
and all the women whose heart hath lifted them up in wisdom, have spun the goats' <FI>hair<Fi> .
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' <FI>hair<Fi> ,
who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.
whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →
In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →
James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →
For I--I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,
because of this the woman ought to have <FI>a token of<Fi> authority upon the head, because of the messengers;
for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,
Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,
and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God. — read the full passage →
And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,
Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →
Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God; — read the full passage →
and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.
because nothing shall be impossible with God.'
and gathered together, the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the counsellors of the king, are seeing these men, that the fire hath no power over their bodies, and the hair of their head hath not been singed, and their coats have not changed, and the smell of fire hath not passed on them.
`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.
His head <FI>is<Fi> pure gold--fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,
The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.
For Thou <FI>art<Fi> my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.
Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away--I bring back.
With the very aged <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And <FI>with<Fi> length of days understanding.
And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, `Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.
And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.
And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, `Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.' — read the full passage →
And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'
And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? --a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;' and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.
for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'
`And the Nazarite hath shaved (at the opening of the tent of meeting) the head of his separation, and hath taken the hair of the head of his separation, and hath put <FI>it<Fi> on the fire which <FI>is<Fi> under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings.
And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.
And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →
and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' <FI>hair<Fi> she hath put <FI>for<Fi> his pillows, and covereth with a garment.
and if from the corner of his face his head is polished, he <FI>is<Fi> bald of the forehead; he <FI>is<Fi> clean.
`And when a man's head <FI>is<Fi> polished, he <FI>is<Fi> bald, he <FI>is<Fi> clean;
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' <FI>hair<Fi> ,
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