Bible Verses About Dreadlocks
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for dreadlocks, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,191 votes, led by Numbers 6:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Dreadlocks
Numbers 6:5262 votes
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.
Judges 16:13142 votes
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Ezekiel 44:20134 votes
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Judges 16:19113 votes
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Leviticus 21:5100 votes
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Ezekiel 8:381 votes
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
1 Samuel 1:1178 votes
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
2 Samuel 14:2652 votes
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: 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.
Numbers 6:1-2750 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Song of Songs 5:1126 votes
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Numbers 6:1-620 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
1 Corinthians 11:14-1520 votes
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
Leviticus 19:2719 votes
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Deuteronomy 32:4216 votes
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Judges 16:1-3116 votes
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Proverbs 10:2414 votes
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Numbers 15:2912 votes
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Proverbs 28:912 votes
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Romans 12:212 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 Peter 4:1-1912 votes
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
What does the Bible say about dreadlocks?
Readers most often cite Numbers 6:5 on the subject of dreadlocks. Across 1,191 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Judges 16:13, Ezekiel 44:20, Judges 16:19. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.