What Does the Bible Say About Trimming?

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.

2 Samuel 19:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.

Leviticus 19:1-37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God. “When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. ...

1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Matthew 5:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

Ezekiel 44:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads.

Ezekiel 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword. Use it as a barber's razor and pass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.

Isaiah 50:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.

Psalm 133:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!

Ezra 9:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

As soon as I heard this, I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.

2 Samuel 10:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half the beard of each and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away.

1 Samuel 21:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So he changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard.

Numbers 6:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

Ephesians 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,

Galatians 3:23-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

1 Corinthians 11:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

Romans 14:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

Romans 10:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Romans 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.

Acts 18:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Jeremiah 49:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Their camels shall become plunder, their herds of livestock a spoil. I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.

Jeremiah 41:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;

Jeremiah 9:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”

Isaiah 53:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

Isaiah 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;

Numbers 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“All the days of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

Leviticus 21:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.

Leviticus 14:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And on the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair from his head, his beard, and his eyebrows. He shall shave off all his hair, and then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean.

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

37 Bible Verses about Trimming

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Samuel 19:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:1-37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezekiel 44:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezekiel 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 50:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 133:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezra 9:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Samuel 10:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Samuel 21:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Numbers 6:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:23-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 18:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 49:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 48:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 41:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 25:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 9:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 21:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 14:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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37 Bible Verses about Trimming

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Samuel 19:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 133:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 9:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Samuel 19:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:1-37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezekiel 44:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezekiel 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 50:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 133:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezra 9:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Samuel 10:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Samuel 21:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Numbers 6:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:23-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 18:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 49:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 48:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 41:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 25:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 9:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 21:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 14:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes