Bible Verses About Personal Grooming

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

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.

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.

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

And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.

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;

And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

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.

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

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

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

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.

Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:

And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.