Long Hair

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?

`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.

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.'

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — 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 voweth a vow, and saith, `Jehovah of Hosts, if Thou dost certainly look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and hast remembered me, and dost not forget Thy handmaid, and hast given to Thy handmaid seed of men--then I have given him to Jehovah all days of his life, and a razor doth not go up upon his head.'

And like Absalom there was no man <FI>so<Fi> fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even unto his crown there was no blemish in him; — 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.

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,

A crown of beauty <FI>are<Fi> grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

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 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;

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;

Lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> fair, my friend, lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> fair, Thine eyes <FI>are<Fi> doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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 →

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

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.

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 Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

and they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as <FI>those<Fi> of lions,

and of you--even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

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

but neither <FI>is<Fi> a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord, — 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 it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing--

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.

`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.

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 →

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

and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him;

`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.

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 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.

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 →

nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,

`Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth! — 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, — read the full passage →

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

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

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

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 if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →

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 →

`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.

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

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

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 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 be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

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.

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

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.

The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

and the priest hath seen the plague in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the plague hath turned white, and the appearance of the plague <FI>is<Fi> deeper than the skin of his flesh--it <FI>is<Fi> a plague of leprosy, and the priest hath seen him, and hath pronounced him unclean.

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite, — read the full passage →