29 Bible Verses about Hair

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Matthew 5:36

And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

Acts 27:34

Therefore I urge you to take some food; it will give you strength, since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."

John 12:3

Then Mary took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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Luke 7:38

and as she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her headit is the same as if her head were shaved. For if a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head.

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1 Corinthians 11:14

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

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Cutting Hair

Acts 18:18

After this Paul stayed many days longer, and then took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he had taken a vow.

Hair Garments

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Hair Plucking

Mark 14:65

Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to beat him, and to say to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with slaps in the face.

Other References To Hair

John 11:2

It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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