Bible Verses About Shaving the Body
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for shaving the body, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 215 votes, led by Leviticus 19:27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Shaving the Body
Leviticus 19:2732 votes
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2028 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?
Leviticus 19:2824 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:523 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 11:1-3417 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Isaiah 7:2015 votes
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
1 Corinthians 11:2-1615 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 11:1415 votes
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
James 4:1715 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Deuteronomy 14:111 votes
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
1 Timothy 2:1-1510 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1 John 1:910 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
What does the Bible say about shaving the body?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:27 on the subject of shaving the body. Across 215 votes, 12 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Leviticus 19:28, 1 Corinthians 11:5. This page lists all 12 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.