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What Does the Bible Say About Blacks?

Here are 19 Bible verses about blacks, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Numbers 12:1

    And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

    BSBThen Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

  2. #2Luke 23:26

    And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

    BSBAs the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

  3. #3Song of Solomon 1:5

    I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

    BSBI am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

  4. #4Romans 2:11

    For there is no respect of persons with God.

    BSBFor God does not show favoritism.

  5. #5Acts 13:1

    Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

    BSBNow in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

  6. #6Jeremiah 13:23

    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

    BSBCan the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

  7. #7Genesis 1:26

    And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    BSBThen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

  8. #8Song of Solomon 1:6

    Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

    BSBDo not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

  9. #9Proverbs 3:5

    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

    BSBTrust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

  10. #10Amos 9:7

    Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

    BSB“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?

  11. #11Acts 10:34

    Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

    BSBThen Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

  12. #12Job 30:30

    My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

    BSBMy skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

  13. #13Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

    BSBThere is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

  14. #14Revelation 1:15

    And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

    BSBHis feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

  15. #15Psalms 68:31

    Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

    BSBEnvoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

  16. #16Genesis 9:25

    And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

    BSBhe said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

  17. #17Deuteronomy 23:2

    A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

    BSBNo one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

  18. #18Zechariah 6:6

    The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.

    BSBThe one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

  19. #19Jude 1:13

    Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

    BSBThey are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

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