54 Bible Verses about Veils

And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.

She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife. When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

This is what the Lord has said: A curse is on the women who are stitching bands on all arms and putting veils on the heads of those of every size, so that they may go after souls! Will you go after the souls of my people and keep yourselves safe from death?

The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing,

Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.

And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.

And the leper who has the disease on him is to go about with signs of grief, with his hair loose and his mouth covered, crying, Unclean, unclean.

Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.

And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.

Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off. For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.

For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are! And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark? Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?

Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets. You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away. You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things:

Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God. But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear. Then Moses sent for them; and Aaron, with the chiefs of the people, came to him; and Moses had talk with them.read more.
And later, all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the orders which the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai. And at the end of his talk with them, Moses put a veil over his face. But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to have talk with him, he took off the veil till he came out. And whenever he came out he said to the children of Israel what he had been ordered to say; And the children of Israel saw that the face of Moses was shining: so Moses put the veil over his face again till he went to the Lord.

But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ. But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart.

They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.

You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory; Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross: But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.read more.
But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal, But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free. But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;read more.
Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,

But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,

In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true; Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;

And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame. And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever. But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.

And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations. He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.