1 Corinthians 11:6
For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.
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- Deut 22:5 : 5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the LORD your God.
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- 1 Cor 11:3-53 verses91%
3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
4 Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head.
5 But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.
- 1 Cor 11:7-1610 verses87%
7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.
8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.
10 For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
11 In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
12 For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.
13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,
15 but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
16 If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
- 1 Cor 14:34-363 verses75%
34 the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.
35 If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.
36 Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?
- 1 Tim 2:9-124 verses75%
9 Conduct of Women Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,
10 but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.
11 A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.
12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.
- 1 Pet 3:3-53 verses70%
3 Let your beauty not be external– the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes–
4 but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
5 For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,
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5 “‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.
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17 So the Lord will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases; the LORD will make the front of their heads bald.”
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9 Contingencies for Defilement“‘If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification– on the seventh day he must shave it.
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6 Vows Made by Married Women“And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,
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29 Scall on the Head or in the Beard“When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,
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18 They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald.
- Lev 13:40-412 verses68%
40 Baldness on the Head“When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean.
41 If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean.
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11 (but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
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3 Vows Made by Single Women“If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation,
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5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the LORD your God.
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12 you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
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4 A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
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5 to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.
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10 Rules for the High Priest“‘The high priest– who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments– must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.
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10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,
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5 Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.
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27 You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.
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4 It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.
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36 If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.
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12 You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear.
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16 If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.
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33 then the individual is to shave himself, but he must not shave the area affected by the scall, and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days.
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34 and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
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19 “‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual relations with her.
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10 then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.
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26 So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress!