Bible Dictionary: Head Coverings

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Topical Bible Verses

1 Corinthians 11:1-34
Be you followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
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1 Timothy 2:9
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
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1 Corinthians 11:5
But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
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1 Corinthians 11:15
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
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1 Corinthians 11:10
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
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Library

Whom the Lady Miriam Sent
... the fillet from his brow, she smoothed out the mark it had made and settled the
cushions more softly under his head. From the heap of coverings she took the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xlvi whom the lady.htm

The Danger of Riches
... food and coverings; they that seriously and deliberately desire more than food to
eat, and raiment to put on, and a place where to lay their head, more than ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 87 the danger of.htm

Psalm LXII.
... who stretcheth forth His mercy to men that know Him, I know under the coverings
of whose ... For one Man with His Head and Body is Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxii.htm

Of the Outer Limbs of Man, and their Use.
... might be better protected from injury, He concealed them with the coverings of the ...
also bestow an admirable character and comeliness; so in the head, which is ...
/.../lactantius/on the workmanship of god/chap x of the outer limbs.htm

Of one that was Cured of a Palsy at his Tomb.
... This man, having one day washed in the sea the coverings or blankets which he used
in ... When he got up, he felt one half of his body, from the head to the foot ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxxi of one that.htm

Whereas, Then, all Christians have to Guard Humility...
... the necessity of so great profession demands, or by remarkable manner of binding
the head, whether by bosses of hair swelling forth, or by coverings so yielding ...
/.../augustine/of holy virginity /section 33 whereas then all.htm

"All Our Righteousnesses are as Filthy Rags, and we all do Fade as ...
... Now, I ask your consciences, have you so many specious coverings to adorn ... of
unrighteousness against God, and guiltiness is above their head unrepented of and ...
/.../the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xvi all our righteousnesses.htm

The Bed and Its Covering
... So you see that these coverings which men have sought for are not sufficient. Now,
there are some people who are not very particular about the head, or the feet ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the bed and its covering.htm

The Review of the Troops at Doriscus.
... In all this vast array, the corps which stood at the head, in respect to their ... upon
seeing its face, and at last the nurse consented and removed the coverings. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter vi the review of.htm

Commandments to Men.
... for thee, a believer and a man of God, to permit the hair of thy head to grow ... I have
decked my bed with coverings; with tapestry from Egypt have I adorned it. ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec ii commandments to men.htm

Subtopics

Head

Head Covering

Head Coverings

Head in Grief: Covered Up

Head in Grief: Shorn

Head in Grief: Sprinkled With Dust

Head in Grief: The Hands Placed On

Head of Chief Men

Head of Christ

Head of Criminals often Cut off

Head of Enemies Slain in War, often Cut off