29 Bible Verses about Black

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Matthew 5:36

nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

Exodus 10:15

For they covered the face of the whole earth so that the land was darkened. And they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. And there did not remain any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 11:13-14

And you shall have these in abomination among the fowls. They shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the black vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the kite, and the falcon, according to its kind;

Deuteronomy 14:12-13

But you shall not eat of these: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, and the hawk, and the falcon, and the vulture after its kind,

Leviticus 13:31

And if the priest looks on the plague of the scab, and behold, it is not in sight deeper than the skin, and no black hair is in it, then the priest shall shut up the plagued one with the scab seven days.

Deuteronomy 4:11

And you came near and stood under the mountain. And the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

1 Kings 18:45

And it happened in the meantime the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rose and went to Jezreel.

Job 28:3

He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.

Job 30:28

I go in mourning with no sun; I stood up and I cried out in the congregation.

Lamentations 4:7-8

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were redder of bone than corals; their cuttings as lapis lazuli, azure blue. Their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up; it has become like wood.

Zechariah 6:2

Red horses were in the first chariot; and in the second chariot black horses;

Revelation 6:5

And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I looked, and lo, a black horse. And he sitting on it had a balance in his hand.

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it. Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Isaiah 5:30

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea; and one looks to the land, behold darkness, and lo, darkness! Distress! And the light shall be darkened by its clouds.

Amos 5:8

seek Him who created the Pleiades and Orion, and who turned the deep darkness into the morning and He darkened the day into night. Seek Him who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; Jehovah is His name;

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains; a great people and a strong people; there has not been ever the like, nor shall there ever be again, even to the years of many generations.

Amos 8:9

And it shall be in that day, says the Lord Jehovah, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the light of day.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of waste and ruin, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death to hide there the workers of iniquity.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea foaming up their shames; wandering stars for whom blackness of darkness has been kept forever.

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Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

And it happened in the meantime the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rose and went to Jezreel.

Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Black

Zechariah 6:2

Red horses were in the first chariot; and in the second chariot black horses;

Zechariah 6:6

The black horses in it go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the dappled go forth to a south country.

Raven » Bird » Black » Carnivorous

Song of Songs 5:11

His head is like refined gold; His locks are bushy, black as a raven.

Ravens » Described as » Black

Song of Songs 5:11

His head is like refined gold; His locks are bushy, black as a raven.

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Black And White

Genesis 30:37

And Jacob took rods of green poplar, and of a fresh tree, and the almond and plane tree. And he peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Black Animals

Genesis 30:32

I will pass through all the flocks today, taking out all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all of the black sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and the speckled among the goats. And these shall be my hire.

Black Hair

Leviticus 13:31

And if the priest looks on the plague of the scab, and behold, it is not in sight deeper than the skin, and no black hair is in it, then the priest shall shut up the plagued one with the scab seven days.

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