Bible Verses About Men Wearing Earrings
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for men wearing earrings, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,840 votes, led by Ezekiel 16:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Men Wearing Earrings
Ezekiel 16:12159 votes
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
Deuteronomy 22:5158 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.
Leviticus 19:28156 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
Genesis 35:4145 votes
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Numbers 31:50136 votes
We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.
Judges 8:24126 votes
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Exodus 35:22116 votes
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:9111 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;
Exodus 32:2109 votes
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Genesis 24:2290 votes
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Isaiah 3:2087 votes
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
1 Timothy 2:9-1087 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;
Exodus 21:682 votes
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Job 42:1182 votes
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
1 Peter 3:3-478 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;
1 Peter 3:377 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;
Exodus 32:1-3576 votes
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Genesis 24:4772 votes
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Ezekiel 16:1-6370 votes
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Hosea 2:1369 votes
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.
Revelation 1:165 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Isaiah 3:16-2461 votes
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
1 Corinthians 6:19-2061 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Proverbs 25:1258 votes
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Exodus 3:2253 votes
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
What does the Bible say about men wearing earrings?
Readers most often cite Ezekiel 16:12 on the subject of men wearing earrings. Across 4,840 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 22:5, Leviticus 19:28, Genesis 35:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.