29 Bible Verses about Hair

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Luke 12:7

But the very hairs on your heads are all counted. Away with fear: you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.'

1 Corinthians 11:6

If a woman will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

1 Corinthians 11:14

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

Matthew 10:30

But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered.

Revelation 9:8

Their faces seemed human and they had hair like women's hair, but their teeth resembled those of lions.

Acts 27:34

I therefore strongly advise you to take some food. This is essential for your safety. For not a hair will perish from the head of any one of you."

John 12:3

Availing herself of the opportunity, Mary took a pound weight of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over His feet, and wiped His feet with her hair, so that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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Luke 7:38

and, standing behind close to His feet, weeping, began to wet His feet with her tears; and with her hair she wiped the tears away again, while she lovingly kissed His feet and poured the perfume over them.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short. If a woman will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

Hair » Numbered

Luke 12:7

But the very hairs on your heads are all counted. Away with fear: you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.'

Matthew 10:30

But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered.

Hair » Worn » Long » By absalom

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1 Corinthians 11:14

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

Shekel » Used to weigh » Hair

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Cutting Hair

Acts 18:18

After remaining a considerable time longer in Corinth, Paul took leave of the brethren and set sail for Syria; and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had shaved his head at Cenchreae, because he was bound by a vow.

Hair Garments

Matthew 3:4

This man John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a loincloth of leather; and he lived upon locusts and wild honey.

Hair Plucking

Mark 14:65

Thereupon some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, while striking Him with their fists and crying, "Prove that you are a prophet." The officers too struck Him with open hands as they took Him in charge.

Other References To Hair

John 11:2

(It was the Mary who poured the perfume over the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.)

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