13 Bible Verses about Covering

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Revelation 3:18

I counsel you to buy from me gold which has been purified by the fire, in order that you may be rich; and white garments, in order that you may be clothed, and the shame of your nakedness may not be exposed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

1 Corinthians 11:5-15

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is one and the same to her being shaven. If a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it is a disgrace for a woman to be shorn or shaven; let her be covered. For a man ought not to cover his head, being the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.read more.
For the man is not from the woman; but the woman is from the man; for man indeed was not created on account of the woman; but the woman on account of the man. Therefore the woman ought to have authority on her head, on account of the angels. Moreover neither is the woman without the man in the Lord, nor the man without the woman. For as the woman is from the man, so the man also is by the woman; and all things from God. Judge ye among yourselves: is it becoming for a woman to pray to God uncovered? Does not nature itself teach you, that, if a man may indeed have long hair, it is a dishonor to him? But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory unto her: because the hair has been given to her for a covering.

Romans 4:7-8

Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man of whom the Lord may not impute sin.

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Covering Heads

1 Corinthians 11:6

If a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it is a disgrace for a woman to be shorn or shaven; let her be covered.

Covering Nakedness

John 11:44

And the dead came out, bound as to his feet and hands with graveclothes; and his face bound round with a napkin. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and let him go.

Covering The Ark

Hebrews 9:5

and above this was the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; concerning which things it is not pertinent to speak specifically.

Covering The Body

Acts 12:8

And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and put on thy sandals. And he thus did. And he says to him, Throw thy cloak about thee, and follow me.

Head covering

Revelation 14:14

And I saw, and behold a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

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