'Head' in the Bible

He put on righteousness like a breastplate,and a helmet of salvation on His head;He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.

Moreover, you will be led out from herewith your hands on your headsince the Lord has rejected those you trust;you will not succeed even with their help.

If my head were a spring of water,my eyes a fountain of tears,I would weep day and nightover the slain of my dear people.

Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

They have made their land a horror,a perpetual object of scorn;everyone who passes by it will be horrifiedand shake his head.

Look, a storm from the Lord!Wrath has gone out,a whirling storm.It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.

Look, a storm from the Lord!Wrath has gone out,a churning storm.It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”

Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.

Water flooded over my head,and I thought: I’m going to die!

The crown has fallen from our head.Woe to us, for we have sinned.

“Now you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as you would a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner gate that faces north, where the offensive statue that provokes jealousy was located.

When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved. But wherever the head faced, they would go in that direction, without pivoting as they went.

I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful tiara on your head.

You built your elevated place at the head of every street and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.

building your mound at the head of every street and making your elevated place in every square. But you were unlike a prostitute because you scorned payment.

Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged Me with all these things, I will also bring your actions down on your own head.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Haven’t you committed immoral acts in addition to all your detestable practices?

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “As I live, I will bring down on his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labor he expended against it.

Then, if anyone hears the sound of the trumpet but ignores the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze,

Wherever people live—or wild animals, or birds of the air—He has handed them over to you and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.

So these men, in their trousers, robes, head coverings, and other clothes, were tied up and thrown into the furnace of blazing fire.

“Belteshazzar, head of the diviners, because I know that you have a spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery puzzles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its interpretation.

“As I kept watching,thrones were set in place,and the Ancient of Days took His seat.His clothing was white like snow,and the hair of His head like whitest wool.His throne was flaming fire;its wheels were blazing fire.

I also wanted to know about the 10 horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three fell—the horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, and that was more visible than the others.

I will turn your feasts into mourningand all your songs into lamentation;I will cause everyone to wear sackclothand every head to be shaved.I will make that grieflike mourning for an only sonand its outcome like a bitter day.

For the Day of the Lord is near,against all the nations.As you have done, so it will be done to you;what you deserve will return on your own head.

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;the watery depths overcame me;seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Then the Lord God appointed a plant, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort. Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down so much on Jonah’s head that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live.”

Yet she became an exile;she went into captivity.Her children were also dashed to piecesat the head of every street.They cast lots for her dignitaries,and all her nobles were bound in chains.

You pierce his headwith his own spears;his warriors storm out to scatter us,gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.

I asked, “What are they coming to do?”He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so no one could raise his head. These craftsmen have come to terrify them, to cut off the horns of the nations that raised their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him in garments while the Angel of the Lord was standing nearby.

Take silver and gold, make crowns and place them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.

But when you fast, put oil on your head, and wash your face,

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!

But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.

And prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter!”

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive fragrant oil. She poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table.

They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a reed in His right hand. And they knelt down before Him and mocked Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Then they spit on Him, took the reed, and kept hitting Him on the head.

Above His head they put up the charge against Him in writing: THIS IS JESUSTHE KING OF THE JEWS.

The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.

Then she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?”“John the Baptist’s head!” she said.

Immediately she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a platter—right now!”

The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John’s head. So he went and beheaded him in prison,

brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother.

Again he sent another slave to them, and they hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

They kept hitting Him on the head with a reed and spitting on Him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying Him homage.

and stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, and began to wash His feet with her tears. She wiped His feet with the hair of her head, kissing them and anointing them with the fragrant oil.

You didn’t anoint My head with olive oil, but she has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!

but not a hair of your head will be lost.

Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.”

The soldiers also twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple robe around Him.

When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” Then bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

The wrapping that had been on His head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself.

She saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where Jesus’ body had been lying.

So Paul, having stayed on for many days, said good-bye to the brothers and sailed away to Syria. Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He shaved his head at Cenchreae because he had taken a vow.

Since the ship was caught and was unable to head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Therefore I urge you to take some food. For this has to do with your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

ButIf your enemy is hungry, feed him.If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.For in so doingyou will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head.

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.

So if a woman’s head is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered.

A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God’s image and glory, but woman is man’s glory.

This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

So the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”

And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ.

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

He is also the head of the body, the church;He is the beginning,the firstborn from the dead,so that He might come to havefirst place in everything.

and you have been filled by Him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.

But as for you, be serious about everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow—and His eyes like a fiery flame.

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like fiery pillars,

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head.

Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and One like the Son of Man was seated on the cloud, with a gold crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on His head. He had a name written that no one knows except Himself.