Bible Verses about “having a covering”
The Bible contains 50 verses about having a covering across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
“¶ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.”
“But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”
“Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?”
“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.”
“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.”
“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.”
“But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering.”
“I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.”
“¶ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;”
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”
“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.”
“[Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday.”
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.”
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.”
“There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.”
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.”
“¶ Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;”
“They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
“¶ Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.”
“Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.”
“For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.”
“Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”
“But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.”
“Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you.”
“For as the woman [is] of the man, even so [is] the man also by the woman; but all things of God.”
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”
“For this cause ought the woman to have power on [her] head because of the angels.”
“But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.”
“Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.”
“For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.”
“For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.”
“And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, ‹Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.›”
“Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?”
“For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.”
“Every man praying or prophesying, having [his] head covered, dishonoureth his head.”
“After the same manner also [he took] the cup, when he had supped, saying, ‹This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink› [it], ‹in remembrance of me.›”
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup.”
“Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.”
“Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink [this] cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.”
“For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.”
“For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.”
“¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:”
“What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise [you] not.”
“And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.”
“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.”
“When ye come together therefore into one place, [this] is not to eat the Lord's supper.”
“For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.”
“But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.”