Bible Verses About Women Cutting Their Hair
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for women cutting their hair, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,360 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 11:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Women Cutting Their Hair
1 Corinthians 11:6155 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.
1 Corinthians 11:15111 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 11:1-3494 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:5-670 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.
Numbers 6:556 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.
Matthew 19:950 votes
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Deuteronomy 22:549 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 Timothy 2:949 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;
Leviticus 21:541 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.
Acts 18:1840 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.
Genesis 1:2738 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Ezekiel 44:2036 votes
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
1 Peter 3:334 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 Corinthians 11:14-1528 votes
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
1 Corinthians 11:1427 votes
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
John 15:226 votes
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
2 Samuel 14:2623 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.
Acts 2:3823 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
1 Timothy 2:9-1023 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;
Galatians 3:2821 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 16:3120 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Matthew 26:5220 votes
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Leviticus 19:2719 votes
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
1 Corinthians 11:518 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 Timothy 2:518 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
What does the Bible say about women cutting their hair?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 11:6 on the subject of women cutting their hair. Across 1,360 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 11:15, 1 Corinthians 11:1-34, 1 Corinthians 11:5-6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.