'Head' in the Bible

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head,'saying ,

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.

For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.

He will judge among the nations, He will fill the places with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.

He will drink of the brook in the way: Therefore will he lift up the head.

The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.

It is like the precious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down upon the skirt of his garments;

O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.