1 Corinthians 11:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is the same as if she were shaved.

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  • Deut 21:12 : 12 Then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails;
  • Luke 2:36 : 36 And there was Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity.
  • Acts 21:9 : 9 And he had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
  • 1 Cor 14:34 : 34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.
  • Acts 2:17 : 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all people; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams:

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    3But I want you to 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.

    4Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

  • 1 Cor 11:6-16
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    6For if a woman is not covered, let her be shorn; but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.

    7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

    8For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man.

    9Nor was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

    10For this reason the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

    11Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

    12For as the woman is from the man, even so the man is also by the woman; but all things are from God.

    13Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

    14Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

    15But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her as a covering.

    16But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

  • 1 Tim 2:9-12
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    9In the same way, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing;

    10But what is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

    11Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.

    12But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to be silent.

  • 1 Cor 14:34-36
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    34Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.

    35And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.

    36What? Did the word of God originate from you? Or was it only to you that it came?

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    3Let your beauty not be the outward adornment of braiding hair, wearing gold, or putting on apparel;

    4But let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

    5For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands:

  • Isa 3:17
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    17Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover their secret parts.

  • Eph 5:22-24
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    22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

    23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

    24Therefore just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

  • Lev 21:10
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    10And he who is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor tear his clothes;

  • Titus 2:5
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    5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

  • Lev 13:29
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    29If a man or woman has a plague on the head or the beard,

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    5They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

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    40And the man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, yet he is clean.

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    33Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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  • 1 Tim 5:2-3
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    2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

    3Honor widows who are truly widows.

  • 1 Cor 7:4
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    14Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

  • 1 Cor 7:34-35
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    34There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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