Head Coverings

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

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,

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;

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 →

`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.

because of this the woman ought to have <FI>a token of<Fi> authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

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,

Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, — read the full passage →

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,

a holy linen coat he putteth on, and linen trousers are on his flesh, and with a linen girdle he girdeth himself, and with a linen mitre he wrappeth himself up; they <FI>are<Fi> holy garments; and he hath bathed with water his flesh, and hath put them on.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

and the priest hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and hath uncovered the woman's head, and hath given into her hands the present of the memorial, it <FI>is<Fi> a present of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest are the bitter waters which cause the curse.

In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep, — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

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.

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.

then thou hast brought her in unto the midst of thy household, and she hath shaved her head, and prepared her nails,

and she saith unto the servant, `Who <FI>is<Fi> this man who is walking in the field to meet us?' and the servant saith, `It <FI>is<Fi> my lord;' and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

`As to the leper in whom <FI>is<Fi> the plague, his garments are rent, and his head is uncovered, and he covereth over the upper lip, and `Unclean! unclean!' he calleth;

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard, — read the full passage →

Cease to groan, <FI>for<Fi> the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'

Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on. — read the full passage →

And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping, and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him have covered each his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;

And Moses saith unto Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar his sons, `Your heads ye do not uncover, and your garments ye do not rend, that ye die not, and on all the company He be wroth; as to your brethren, the whole house of Israel, they bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled;

and another messenger did come, and he stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given to him much perfume, that he may give <FI>it<Fi> to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that <FI>is<Fi> before the throne,

your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!

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 →

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

And Moses saith unto Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar his sons, `Your heads ye do not uncover, and your garments ye do not rend, that ye die not, and on all the company He be wroth; as to your brethren, the whole house of Israel, they bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled; — read the full passage →

and hast set the mitre on his head, and hast put the holy crown on the mitre,

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 →

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, — read the full passage →

`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid; — read the full passage →

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

In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God? — read the full passage →

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

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

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

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ.

ye heard that I said to you--I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said--I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

Woe <FI>to<Fi> apostate sons, The affirmation of Jehovah! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My spirit, So as to add sin to sin.

And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead. — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God? — read the full passage →

but neither <FI>is<Fi> a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

for a man is not of a woman, but a woman <FI>is<Fi> of a man,

And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah when Ehud is dead, — read the full passage →

And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

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,

for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

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 →

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

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,

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection, — read the full passage →

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

for as the woman <FI>is<Fi> of the man, so also the man <FI>is<Fi> through the woman, and the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God.

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

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 →

And having entered, he was passing through Jericho, — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two <FI>each<Fi> covereth its face, and with two <FI>each<Fi> covereth its feet, and with two <FI>each<Fi> flieth.

The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they <FI>are<Fi> naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →