12 Bible Verses about Covering Heads

For if the woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn. But if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and lest He be angry on all the people. But let your brothers, the whole of Israel, mourn the burning which Jehovah has kindled.

And as for the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be torn, and his head shall be bare, and he shall put a covering on his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean! Unclean!

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

And each one lay hold on the head, of his companion and thrust his sword in his companion's side, so that they fell together. And one called that place The Field of Rocks, which is in Gibeon.

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heavens and the earth. And the mule under him went away.

Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered dishonors his Head.

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.

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head; for that is even the same as if she were shaved.

For this reason the woman ought to have authority on her head because of the angels.

Judge among yourselves: is it right that a woman pray to God unveiled?

But if a woman should have long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her in place of a veil.