29 Bible Verses about Hair

Most Relevant Verses

Matthew 5:36

neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if a woman has no vail on, let her also be shaved. But if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her have a vail.

1 Corinthians 11:14

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

Acts 27:34

Wherefore, I exhort you to take food; for this will pro mote your safety. For not a hair shall fall from the head of any of you.

John 12:3

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

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Hair » Worn » Long » By women

Luke 7:38

and stood behind at his feet, weeping; and she began to wash his feet with her tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered, dishonors her head: for it is one and the same as if she was shaved. For if a woman has no vail on, let her also be shaved. But if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her have a vail.

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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?

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Black Hair

Matthew 5:36

neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.

Cutting Hair

Acts 18:18

And Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren, and sailed to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

Hair Garments

Matthew 3:4

But the same John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of leather around 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 strike him with their fists, and to say to him: Give a response. And the attendants struck him with their open hands.

Other References To Hair

John 11:2

It was the Mary that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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