Bible Dictionary: The Hair: Black, Particularly Esteemed

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Songs 5:11
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
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Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... to their souls or bodies, the pure in heart do more particularly see God. ... swear by
thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black;" (Matt.5 ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 23 upon our lords.htm

The Nile and Egypt
... Should the hair be too short, a black or blue wig ... A considerable number of these
pebbles, particularly those of strange shape, or presenting a curious ...
/.../chapter i the nile and egypt.htm

Letter Lxxix. To Salvina.
... Jerome eulogizes the virtues of Nebridius, particularly his chastity ... For "wisdom
is the grey hair unto men ... your table, or plump turtledoves or black cock from ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lxxix to salvina.htm

Church Abuses.
... which seemed to diverge one hair's breadth from ... the Pariahs of ecclesiastical society;
the black sheep which ... he does not seem to have particularly cared about ...
/.../the english church in the eighteenth century/chapter viii church abuses.htm

The Water of Life;
... of grace, just before he waded through the black river which ... I have spoken of this
thing more particularly upon that text ... and in that it is said the hair of his ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the water of life.htm

Book ii. Jerome Answers the Second, Third, and Fourth Propositions ...
... supported life on barley, cress, salt, and black bread ... of the worshippers of Isis
and Cybele, particularly when a ... that we must not deviate a hair's breadth from ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/book ii jerome answers the.htm

The Immaculate Conception
... lake; out of this eddy rose a little black cloud like a ... he cut off three little tufts
of hair from the ... of all the saints who were particularly associated with ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/ii the immaculate conception.htm

The Eighteenth Theban Dynasty
... Most of the remaining tribes were of black blood, and ... themselves to the raising of
cattle, particularly of oxen ... Their beards were pointed, and the hair was cut ...
/.../chapter iiithe eighteenth theban dynasty.htm

The Evangelical Revival.
... Much as he esteemed Venn of Huddersfield, he could not be content to leave the parish ...
wept until the tears made white gutters down their cheeks"black as they ...
/.../chapter ix the evangelical revival.htm

Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers.
... A jail shall look as black as hell, and the loss of a few stools and chairs, as
bad as the loss of so many bags of gold.13 Death for the Saviour of the world ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/seasonable counsel or advice to.htm

Subtopics

Hair

Hair Length

Hair: Numbered

Hair: Symbolical Dividing of

Hair: Worn Long by Absalom

Hair: Worn Long by Women

Hair: Worn Short by Men

Haircut

The Hair of Nazarites: Not to be Cut or Shorn During Their Vow

The Hair of Nazarites: Shorn After Completion of Vow

The Hair of the Healed Leper to be Shorn