Leviticus 19:27

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You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:5 : 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.
  • Isa 15:2 : 2 They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.
  • Jer 48:37 : 37 For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth.
  • Ezek 7:18 : 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.
  • Ezek 44:20 : 20 “‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.
  • Jer 16:6 : 6 Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.
  • Deut 14:1 : 1 The Holy and the Profane You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    28You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.

    29Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.

    30Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

    31Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God.

    32You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 21:5
    86%

    5Priests 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.

  • Deut 14:1
    82%

    1The Holy and the Profane You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

  • Ezek 44:20
    79%

    20“‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.

  • Lev 19:26
    78%

    26Blood, Hair, and Body“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

  • Num 6:5
    74%

    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.

  • Deut 22:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11You must not wear clothing made with wool and linen meshed together.

    12You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear.

  • Matt 5:36
    74%

    36Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

  • Ezek 5:1
    73%

    1“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor. Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

  • Lev 13:33
    72%

    33then 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.

  • Lev 13:29
    72%

    29Scall on the Head or in the Beard“When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,

  • Lev 18:30
    71%

    30You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Lev 19:19
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    19You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric.

  • Jer 48:37
    71%

    37For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth.

  • Lev 13:40-41
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    71%

    40Baldness on the Head“When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean.

    41If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean.

  • Lev 21:10
    71%

    10Rules 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.

  • Num 15:39
    71%

    39You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the LORD and obey them and so that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness.

  • Lev 19:9
    70%

    9Leaving the Gleanings“‘When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest.

  • Luke 21:18
    70%

    18Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

  • Deut 12:4
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    4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.

  • Lev 25:17
    70%

    17No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:16
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    16I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

  • Lev 20:7
    70%

    7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:2
    70%

    2Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am delivering to you.

  • Lev 26:1
    70%

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  • Lev 19:4
    70%

    4Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 19:14-16
    3 verses
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    14You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

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  • Num 6:9
    69%

    9Contingencies 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.

  • Isa 7:20
    69%

    20At that time the Lord will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the hair off the head and private parts; it will also shave off the beard.

  • Deut 22:5
    69%

    5A 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.

  • Lev 22:24
    69%

    24You must not present to the LORD something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land.

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    69%

    17You must not make yourselves molten gods.

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    2 verses
    69%

    32It must not be applied to people’s bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

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  • Lev 19:11-12
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    69%

    11Dealing Honestly“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

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    69%

    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

  • Exod 30:38
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    38Whoever makes anything like it, to use as perfume, will be cut off from his people.”

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    20You must not present anything that has a flaw, because it will not be acceptable for your benefit.

  • Deut 17:1
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    1You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God.

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    9When the seventh day comes he must shave all his hair– his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair– and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.