Bible Verses About Men and Long Hair
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for men and long hair, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 35,164 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 11:14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Men and Long Hair
1 Corinthians 11:141,530 votes
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
1 Corinthians 11:151,076 votes
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
Ezekiel 44:20924 votes
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
1 Corinthians 11:14-15794 votes
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
Numbers 6:5778 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.
Deuteronomy 22:5771 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.
Acts 18:18755 votes
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
2 Samuel 14:26726 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.
Leviticus 19:27700 votes
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
1 Corinthians 11:1-34693 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:6623 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.
Judges 16:17536 votes
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.
Numbers 6:1-27525 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
1 Corinthians 11:10479 votes
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
1 Samuel 16:7466 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
1 Timothy 2:9445 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 Peter 3:3437 votes
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Leviticus 21:5431 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.
Judges 13:5390 votes
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Corinthians 11:13385 votes
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
1 Corinthians 11:3383 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.
Proverbs 16:31370 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 11:16369 votes
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
1 Samuel 1:11354 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.
1 Corinthians 11:4344 votes
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
What does the Bible say about men and long hair?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 11:14 on the subject of men and long hair. Across 35,164 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 11:15, Ezekiel 44:20, 1 Corinthians 11:14-15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.