What does the Bible say about hair?

16 verses about hair, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about hair

Proverbs 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 4 votes
1 Corinthians 11:15 — But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. 4 votes
Numbers 6:5 — All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 3 votes
Matthew 10:30 — But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 3 votes
1 Corinthians 11:14 — Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 3 votes
1 Timothy 2:9 — In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 3 votes
1 Peter 3:3 — Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 3 votes
Leviticus 19:27 — Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 2 votes
Deuteronomy 22:5 — The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 2 votes
Judges 16:17 — That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 2 votes
2 Samuel 14:26 — And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight. 2 votes
Ezekiel 44:20 — Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. 2 votes
Luke 7:38 — And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 2 votes
Luke 12:7 — But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. 2 votes
Luke 21:18 — But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 11:6 — For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 2 votes

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Luke (3), 1 Corinthians (3), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), Proverbs (1), Ezekiel (1), Matthew (1), 1 Timothy (1), 1 Peter (1)

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