What Does the Bible Say About Covering Or Veiling?

1 Corinthians 11:4-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. ...

Isaiah 6:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Genesis 24:65 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And said to the servant, “Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.

1 Peter 3:3-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

2 Corinthians 3:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.

Matthew 27:51 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.

Ezekiel 44:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and linen undergarments around their waists. They shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.

Ezekiel 24:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.”

Song of Solomon 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

Judges 5:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

‘Have they not found and divided the spoil?— A womb or two for every man; spoil of dyed materials for Sisera, spoil of dyed materials embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’

Leviticus 10:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled.

Exodus 34:33-35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. Whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Exodus 28:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs;

Exodus 26:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.

15 Bible Verses about Covering Or Veiling

1 Corinthians 11:4-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Isaiah 6:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 24:65 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 27:51 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezekiel 44:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezekiel 24:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Judges 5:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 10:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 34:33-35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 28:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 26:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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15 Bible Verses about Covering Or Veiling

1 Corinthians 11:4-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 6:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 24:65 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 3:3-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 3:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 27:51 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 44:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 24:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Judges 5:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 10:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 11:4-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Isaiah 6:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 24:65 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 27:51 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezekiel 44:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezekiel 24:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Judges 5:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 10:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 34:33-35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 28:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 26:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes