29 Bible Verses about Hair

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Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head; for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 11:6

Therefore if a woman is not covered, let her also be shaved: but if it be shameful, for a woman to have her hair shaved off, or cut short, let her be covered.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Doth not nature itself teach you, that for a man to have long hair, is a disgrace to him?

Matthew 10:30

Yea, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Acts 27:34

Therefore I exhort you to take food; for this is for your preservation; for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

John 12:3

Then Mary, taking a pound of ointment, of very costly spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

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Hair » Worn » Long » By women

Luke 7:38

brought an alabaster box of ointment, And standing at his feet behind him weeping, watered his feet with a shower of tears, and wiped them, with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered, dishonoureth her head; for it is the same as if she were shaved. Therefore if a woman is not covered, let her also be shaved: but if it be shameful, for a woman to have her hair shaved off, or cut short, let her be covered.

Hair » Numbered

Matthew 10:30

Yea, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Hair » Worn » Long » By absalom

Hair » Symbolical dividing of

Hair » Short hair

1 Corinthians 11:14

Doth not nature itself teach you, that for a man to have long hair, is a disgrace to him?

Shekel » Used to weigh » Hair

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Black Hair

Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head; for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Cutting Hair

Acts 18:18

And Paul still continued many days; and then taking leave of the brethren, sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

Hair Garments

Matthew 3:4

And this John had his raiment of camels hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Hair Plucking

Mark 14:65

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, Prophesy, And the officers smote him with the palms of their hands.

Number Of Hairs

Matthew 10:30

Yea, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Other References To Hair

John 11:2

(It was that Mary, who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick) Therefore his sisters sent to him,

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