29 Bible Verses about Hair

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Matthew 5:36

Neither swear by thy head, because thou art unable to make one hair white or black.

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.

1 Corinthians 11:14

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

Acts 27:34

Therefore I exhort you to take food: for this is for your safety: for not a hair of your head shall perish.

John 12:3

Then Mary taking a pound of myrrh of spikenard, estimated very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the myrrh.

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Hair » Worn » Long » By women

Luke 7:38

and standing behind by His feet, weeping, began to moisten His feel with tears, and she wiped them with the hairs of her head, and she continued to copiously kiss His feet, and to anoint them with the myrrh.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

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.

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1 Corinthians 11:14

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

Shekel » Used to weigh » Hair

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Black Hair

Matthew 5:36

Neither swear by thy head, because thou art unable to make one hair white or black.

Cutting Hair

Acts 18:18

And Paul, still remaining some days, having bidden adieu to the brethren, sailed away to Syria, and along with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

Hair Garments

Matthew 3:4

And the same John had his raiment from camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Hair Plucking

Mark 14:65

And certain ones began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and say to Him, Prophesy: and the officers received Him with blows.

Other References To Hair

John 11:2

And Mary was the one anointing the Lord with myrrh, and wiping His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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