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Leviticus 19:27 ESV / 68 helpful votes
You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.
2 Samuel 10:5 ESV / 25 helpful votes
When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”
Isaiah 50:6 ESV / 19 helpful votes
I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,
Jeremiah 49:32 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Their camels shall become plunder, their herds of livestock a spoil. I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, declares the Lord.
Isaiah 15:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;
1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. …
Song of Solomon 5:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes
My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
1 Chronicles 19:4-5 ESV / 8 helpful votes
So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away; and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”
Psalm 133:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
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