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The 15 most-voted verses about facial hair, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

Leviticus 19:27 (BSB)

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

Leviticus 19:27 (KJV)

“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.

Leviticus 19:27 (WEB)

Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

Leviticus 21:5 (BSB)

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.

Leviticus 21:5 (KJV)

“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.

Leviticus 21:5 (WEB)

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

Ezra 9:3 (BSB)

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

Ezra 9:3 (KJV)

When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

Ezra 9:3 (WEB)

It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.

Psalm 133:2 (BSB)

[It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

Psalm 133:2 (KJV)

It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes,

Psalm 133:2 (WEB)

eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 41:5 (BSB)

That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 41:5 (KJV)

men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the LORD’s house.

Jeremiah 41:5 (WEB)

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

Ezekiel 5:1 (BSB)

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].

Ezekiel 5:1 (KJV)

“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor to yourself, and shall cause it to pass over your head and over your beard. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.

Ezekiel 5:1 (WEB)

Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.

2 Samuel 19:24 (BSB)

¶ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came [again] in peace.

2 Samuel 19:24 (KJV)

Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

2 Samuel 19:24 (WEB)

Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

Isaiah 15:2 (BSB)

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.

Isaiah 15:2 (KJV)

They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.

Isaiah 15:2 (WEB)

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

Isaiah 50:6 (BSB)

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 50:6 (KJV)

I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 50:6 (WEB)

Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

1 Corinthians 11:14 (BSB)

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

1 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)

Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

1 Corinthians 11:14 (WEB)

For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

Jeremiah 48:37 (BSB)

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

Jeremiah 48:37 (KJV)

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. There are cuttings on all the hands, and sackcloth on the waist.

Jeremiah 48:37 (WEB)

They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

Ezekiel 44:20 (BSB)

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

Ezekiel 44:20 (KJV)

“‘“They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

Ezekiel 44:20 (WEB)

So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

1 Samuel 21:13 (BSB)

And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

1 Samuel 21:13 (KJV)

He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

1 Samuel 21:13 (WEB)

When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

2 Samuel 10:5 (BSB)

When they told [it] unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and [then] return.

2 Samuel 10:5 (KJV)

When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”

2 Samuel 10:5 (WEB)

On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

Isaiah 7:20 (BSB)

In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

Isaiah 7:20 (KJV)

In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

Isaiah 7:20 (WEB)

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