men and long hair
What does the Bible say about men and long hair? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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14Does not even nature herself teach you that, indeed, if a man grows his hair long, it is a disgrace for him?
15Yet truly, if a woman grows her hair long, it is a glory for her, because her hair has been given to her as a covering.
20Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads.
14Does not even nature herself teach you that, indeed, if a man grows his hair long, it is a disgrace for him? 15Yet truly, if a woman grows her hair long, it is a glory for her, because her hair has been given to her as a covering.
5During all the time of his separation, no razor shall pass over his head, even until the completion of the day when he is consecrated to the Lord. He shall be holy, letting the hair of his head grow long.
5A woman shall not be clothed with manly apparel, nor shall a man make use of feminine apparel. For whoever does these things is abominable with God.
18Yet truly, Paul, after he had remained for many more days, having said goodbye to the brothers, sailed into Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. Now he had shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had made a vow.
26And when he shaved off his hair, for he shaved it off once a year, because his long hair was burdensome to him, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, by the public weights.
27And you shall not cut the hair of your head circularly, nor shave your beard.
1Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ. 2Now I praise you, brothers, because you are mindful of me in everything, in such a way as to hold to my precepts as I have handed them down to you. 3So I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. But the head of woman is man. Yet truly, the head of Christ is God. 4Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraces his head. 5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraces her head. For it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6So if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off. Truly then, if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off, or to have her head shaven, then she should cover her head.
6So if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off. Truly then, if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off, or to have her head shaven, then she should cover her head.