12 Bible Verses about Covering Heads

For if a woman does not cover herself, let her [hair] be shorn off. But if [it is] shameful for a woman to [have her head] shorn or shaved, let her cover her [head].

Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "You must not let your hair hang loosely, and you must not tear your garments, so that you will not die and he will be angry with all the community. But your brothers, all the house of Israel, may weep [because of] {the burning that Yahweh caused},

"As for the person who is afflicted with a skin disease, his garments must be torn and his {hair} must [be allowed to] hang loosely, and he must cover [his] upper lip, and he must call out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'

Then Mordecai returned to the gate of the king, and Haman rushed to his house mournful and with his head covered.

Then each seized his {opponent} by the head and [each thrust] his sword in the side of his opponent, so they fell together. So they called the name of that place Helkath Hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon.

Absalom was found in the presence of the servants of David [as he was] riding on the mule. The mule went under the thicket of the great oak tree, and his head [was] caught in the tree. He [was] left hanging between heaven and earth, and the mule which [was] under him went on.

Every man who prays or prophesies [while] having [something] on [his] head dishonors his head,

For indeed a man ought not to cover his head, [because he] is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

but every woman who prays or prophesies with uncovered head dishonors her head, for she is one and the same with the one whose [head] is shaved.

Because of this, the woman ought to have [a symbol of] authority on her head, on account of the angels.

You judge {for yourselves}: is it fitting for a woman to pray to God [with her head] uncovered?

But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given for a covering.