Bible Verses about “head coverings”

“¶ In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;”

“Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

“For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”

“¶ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.”

“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

“Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?”

“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.”

“[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”

“But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering.”

“¶ Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.”

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”

“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.”

“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.”

“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

“For as the woman [is] of the man, even so [is] the man also by the woman; but all things of God.”

“The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”

“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.”

“He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.”

“Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.”

“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”

“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.”

“¶ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.”

“He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”

“For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.”

“¶ Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”

“¶ 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:”

“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.”

“But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.”

“¶ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:”

“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.”

“¶ But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”

“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.”

“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.”

“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.”