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Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Directly says no one can make hair white or black.
Supporting Passages
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Another modesty verse tied to outward adornment.
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.
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For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
Same saying in another form, useful for hair dye discussions.
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
General modesty verse often grouped with grooming warnings.
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
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But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
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Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
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Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
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His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Background text about Christ's hair being white, not about hair dye practice.
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
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The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
General proverb about gray hair, not hair dye.
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
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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.
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Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
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