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Men And Long Hair
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Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? — read the full passage →
“‘All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
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.
“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →
For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
He told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;
Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;
“‘They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
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.
But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.
Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.
She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. — read the full passage →
For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
And not a hair of your head will perish.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
Cut off your hair, and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →
She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; — read the full passage →
For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
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 →
For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
In that day the Lord will 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.
To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved. — read the full passage →
It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.
He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!” — read the full passage →
The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
You, son of man, take a sharp sword; You shall take it as a barber’s razor to you, and shall cause it to pass on your head and on your beard: then take balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord. — read the full passage →
Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him. — read the full passage →
“‘All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall not go near a dead body.
However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →
for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →
Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? — read the full passage →
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →
It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.
They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.
Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a plunder: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.
Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
“‘If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.
Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,
Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →
It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
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