Head Coverings

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

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.

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

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 →

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.

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

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;

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

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

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.

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

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

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

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

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

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

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

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: — read the full passage →

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. — read the full passage →

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

And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

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

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

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; — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. — read the full passage →

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

Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? — read the full passage →

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

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

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

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

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? — read the full passage →

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

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

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. — read the full passage →

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

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 →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

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 fowl of the air, 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 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:

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

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 he received of us.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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

A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →