Hair Covering

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven. — read the full passage →

And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

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

And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master: and she took her veil, and covered herself.

A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;

Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled? — read the full passage →

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing. — read the full passage →

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.

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

therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. — read the full passage →

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

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

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. — read the full passage →

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled? — read the full passage →

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

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

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him? — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

And David went up by the ascent of themount ofOlives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

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

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

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. — read the full passage →

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.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. — read the full passage →

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. — read the full passage →

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents; — read the full passage →

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. — read the full passage →

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.

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

He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.

for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

And not a hair of your head shall perish.

And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

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

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Paul, calledto bean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →

And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreæ; for he had a vow.

She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.