29 Bible Verses about Hair

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Matthew 5:36

nor shall you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 11:6

If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair as well. But she ought to veil herself; for it is disgraceful that a woman should have her hair cut off or be shaven.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Surely nature herself teaches you that while long hair is disgraceful for a man,

Acts 27:34

Take some food then, I beg of you; it will keep you alive. You are going to be saved! Not a hair of your heads will perish."

John 12:3

Then Mary, taking a pound of expensive perfume, real nard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair, till the house was filled with the scent of the perfume.

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Luke 7:38

and stood behind him at his feet in tears; her tears began to wet his feet, so she wiped them with the hair of her head, pressed kisses on them, and anointed them with the perfume.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

while any woman who prays or prophesies without a veil on her head dishonours her head; she is no better than a shaven woman. If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair as well. But she ought to veil herself; for it is disgraceful that a woman should have her hair cut off or be shaven.

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1 Corinthians 11:14

Surely nature herself teaches you that while long hair is disgraceful for a man,

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Black Hair

Matthew 5:36

nor shall you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Cutting Hair

Acts 18:18

After waiting on for a number of days Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. (As the latter was under a vow, he had his head shaved at Cenchreae.)

Hair Garments

Matthew 3:4

This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.

Hair Plucking

Mark 14:65

and some of them started to spit on him and to blindfold him and buffet him, asking him, "Prophesy." The attendants treated him to cuffs and slaps.

Other References To Hair

John 11:2

(The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)

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