Bible Verses About Head Coverings
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for head coverings, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,750 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 11:1-34. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Head Coverings
1 Corinthians 11:1-34234 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:5195 votes
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
1 Corinthians 11:15165 votes
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
1 Corinthians 11:3-16149 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Deuteronomy 22:5120 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 11:10102 votes
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
1 Timothy 2:999 votes
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;
1 Corinthians 11:477 votes
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
Titus 2:3-559 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Leviticus 16:451 votes
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
1 John 2:1-2950 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1 Corinthians 11:749 votes
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Numbers 5:1833 votes
And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
1 Corinthians 11:2-1632 votes
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
1 Corinthians 11:1332 votes
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
John 14:1-3131 votes
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
1 Corinthians 14:3424 votes
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Genesis 3:1623 votes
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
1 Corinthians 11:323 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians 11:623 votes
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.
Esther 6:1220 votes
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Deuteronomy 21:1219 votes
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
Psalms 140:719 votes
O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
1 Corinthians 11:1619 votes
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
Genesis 24:6516 votes
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
What does the Bible say about head coverings?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 11:1-34 on the subject of head coverings. Across 1,750 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 11:5, 1 Corinthians 11:15, 1 Corinthians 11:3-16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.