Yes, according to Christian scripture (Matthew 10:30, Luke 12:7), God knows every hair on your head, symbolizing His intimate knowledge, immense care, and personal attention to every detail of your life, assuring you that you are valuable and not to fear, as nothing is too small for His notice. This biblical teaching highlights divine providence and God's deep concern for individuals, showing He is involved in even the seemingly insignificant aspects of human existence, offering comfort and encouraging trust in His watchful care.
Luke 12:7 New Century Version (NCV)
But God even knows how many hairs you have on your head. Don't be afraid. You are worth much more than many sparrows.
Women have a god-given “mantle” or “covering” — the hair symbolizes this anointing that all women carry. This does not mean that women can't cut or shave their hair. It just means that hair represents a spiritual truth. It's as Paul explained…
Joshua 24:14–15 Reminds Us to Serve God
And then for us to pray that God would save us from idols in our country. We must decide if we will serve God or ourselves. Let's do that. God, we start this prayer by saying you alone are God.
No it is not. The apostle Paul wrote a lot in Corinthians about women's hair and the meaning of it, but shaving a head is a choice, not a sin.
“Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory (doxa)? For her hair is given to her as a covering” (1 Corinthians 11:14–15).
Jesus told His disciples, “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered” (Matthew 10:30). As the Creator of human beings (and human hair), God takes great interest in how we care for His creation.
That seems to be a very common way of taking this verse. The holy things and the pearls represent the things of God, perhaps the gospel itself. The dogs and pigs represent hostile, unworthy people. And so the statement translates into something like this: Do not preach the things of God to hostile, unworthy people.
Application in Modern Context
In our fast-paced and often chaotic world, Joshua 24:14-15 invites us to pause and reflect on our own spiritual journey. It prompts us to evaluate our priorities and recommit ourselves to serving God with sincerity and passion.
A few texts in Joshua do speak of an accomplished and total conquest of all of Canaan (Joshua 11:23). Other assessments, however, have a disappointed God complaining to Joshua that “very much of the land remains to be possessed” (Joshua 13:1).
Hair and Physical Stress: The Biological Perspective
For instance, a severe illness or extreme stress can lead to telogen effluvium, where hair falls out in large amounts. This doesn't mean the hair 'stores' the traumatic experience but rather reflects the body's response to an adverse event.
Some of the reasons by the Church Fathers for covering include: associating a woman's hair with erotic allure; arguing that women should assume the veil at puberty; treating it as integral to women's attire; and appealing to "natural law".
Science has shown that hair can capture biochemical signals from our experiences, connecting age-old spiritual beliefs with modern scientific findings. Many cultures have traditionally seen hair as holding personal energy and history, and now science explains how these ideas might be true.
The long untouched hair was therefore considered as the emblem of personal devotion (or devotedness) to the God of all strength. Thus it was an easy step to the thought that in the hair was the seat of strength of a Samson (Judges 16:17,20).
Psalm 37:4 is a verse from the Bible that reads: "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." This verse is often interpreted to mean that if you take pleasure in the Lord and seek to follow His ways, He will fulfill the desires of your heart.
No, the famous Ezekiel 25:17 from Pulp Fiction is not a real Bible verse, but a fictionalized, altered quote cobbled together by Quentin Tarantino, mixing elements from the Book of {!nav}Ezekiel and a 1970s Japanese martial arts film. The actual biblical verse in Ezekiel 25:17 is about God's vengeance on the Philistines, a stark contrast to the philosophical monologue about righteous paths in the movie.
The story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) teaches that while serving God is good, prioritizing presence and listening to Jesus ("the better part") is more essential than being distracted by endless tasks, highlighting a balance between worship and service, and the danger of preoccupation leading to stress and judgment. Martha's focus on elaborate hospitality revealed anxiety and distraction, whereas Mary's choice to sit and learn showed deep devotion, showing us to seek God's presence first, even amidst responsibilities.
We will serve the LORD: Inherent in Joshua's declaration is that he would serve the LORD only; he would not serve the LORD and someone or something else. There was one God in his life, and that God was the Lord.
When we learn to live in faith and not let fear rule our lives, we can enjoy a fulfilling, peaceful and joyful life in Christ.
The Bible never says whether dogs go to Heaven. In fact, it doesn't say if any pets get to Heaven after they die. But it has been a question that biblical authors have been asking for millennia: “For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other.
For instance, the negative perception of dogs in some Islamic societies can be traced back to pre-Islamic Arab traditions and mythologies. Some Arab tribes believed that contact with dogs could render a person ritually impure or bring bad luck.
In verse 6, Paul argues that women should have a covering because nature teaches that they have long hair. In other words, if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn, which he says it is, so it is also disgraceful for a woman to not have a headcovering during worship.
It is this type of false worship the Bible forbids. Shaving one's beard and cutting one's hair for normal good grooming is something entirely different and not at all condemned in the Scriptures. In fact, the apostle Paul takes great pains to address proper grooming of one's hair in I Corinthians 11:2-15.
Leviticus 19:27 in Other Translations
27 "Don't cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard. 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 27 "Never shave the hair on your foreheads, and never cut the edges of your beard.