Bible Verses About Cutting Hair

"And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety."

2 Samuel 19:24 ESV

"In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! ..."

Luke 12:1-59 ESV

"You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord."

Leviticus 19:28 ESV

"‘Cut off your hair and cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.’"

Jeremiah 7:29 ESV

"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV

"Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works."

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV

"Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,"

1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV

"You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard."

Leviticus 19:27 ESV

"For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head."

1 Corinthians 11:6 ESV

"They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads."

Ezekiel 44:20 ESV