What does the Bible say about hair?

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• 1 Corinthians 11:15

  But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.

• Proverbs 16:31

  Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

• 1 Peter 3:3

  Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

• Matthew 10:30

  but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

• Numbers 6:5

  "All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

• 1 Corinthians 11:14

  Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

• 1 Timothy 2:9

  In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;

• 1 Corinthians 11:6

  For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.

• 2 Samuel 14:26

  When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.

• Luke 12:7

  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

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