29 Bible Verses about Hair

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Luke 12:7

But the very hairs on your heads are all counted! You must not be afraid, you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

Matthew 5:36

You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if a woman will not wear a veil, let her cut off her hair too. But if it is a disgrace for 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 for a man to wear his hair long is degrading,

Acts 27:34

I beg you to eat something; it is necessary for your safety. For not one of you will lose even a hair of his head."

John 12:3

And Mary took a pound of choice perfume, very costly, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and then wiped his feet with her hair, and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

1 Corinthians 11:10

That is why she ought to wear upon her head something to symbolize her subjection, out of respect to the angels, if to nobody else.

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Hair » Worn » Long » By women

Luke 7:38

and came and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with her hair, and kissed them, and put the perfume on them.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

and any woman who offers prayer or explains the will of God bareheaded disgraces her head, for it is just as though she had her head shaved. For if a woman will not wear a veil, let her cut off her hair too. But if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

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Luke 12:7

But the very hairs on your heads are all counted! You must not be afraid, you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

Hair » Worn » Long » By absalom

Hair » Symbolical dividing of

Hair » Short hair

1 Corinthians 11:14

Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear his hair long is degrading,

Shekel » Used to weigh » Hair

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Black Hair

Matthew 5:36

You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black.

Cutting Hair

Acts 18:18

Paul stayed some time longer, and then bade the brothers goodbye and sailed for Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his hair cut, because of a vow he had been under.

Hair Garments

Matthew 3:4

John wore clothing made of hair cloth, and he had a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey.

Hair Plucking

Mark 14:65

And some started to spit at him and to blindfold him and strike him, and say to him, "Now show that you are a prophet!" And the attendants slapped him as they took charge of him.

Other References To Hair

John 11:2

It was the Mary who poured perfume upon the Master and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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