They pay me back evil for good, and I sink in despair.

They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.

They pay me back evil for good and hatred for love.

Do not cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard

The people of Dibon climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief.

eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves. They were taking grain and incense to offer in the Temple.

All of them have shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.

The emperor of Assyria will lead away naked the prisoners he captures from those two countries. Young and old, they will walk barefoot and naked, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame on Egypt.

Turn the millstone! Grind the flour! Off with your veil! Strip off your fine clothes! Lift up your skirts to cross the streams!

People will see you naked; they will see you humbled and shamed. I will take vengeance, and no one will stop me."

Hanun seized David's messengers, shaved off one side of their beards, cut off their clothes at the hips, and sent them away.

They were too ashamed to return home. When David heard about what had happened, he sent word for them to stay in Jericho and not return until their beards had grown again.

But they made fun of God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the LORD's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.

Then the owner sent another slave; the tenants beat him over the head and treated him shamefully.

When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing.

So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing.