29 Bible Verses about Black

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Matthew 5:36

Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black.

Exodus 10:15

For they covered the face of the whole ground, 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 remained not any green thing, either tree nor herb

Leviticus 11:13-14

And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,

Deuteronomy 14:12-13

but these are those of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite according to its kind,

Leviticus 13:31

And if the priest looks on the disease of the scall, and, behold, the appearance of it is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the disease of the scall seven days.

Deuteronomy 4:11

And ye came near and stood under the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

1 Kings 18:45

And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

Job 28:3

[Man] sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

Job 30:28

I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

Lamentations 4:7-8

Her ranking men were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was as of sapphire. Their visage is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like a stick.

Zechariah 6:2

In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses,

Revelation 6:5

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third being saying, Come and see. And behold, a black horse, and he who sits on it having a balance in his hand.

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell upon it. Let blackness come upon it.

Isaiah 5:30

And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if [a man] looks to the land, behold, darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds of it.

Amos 5:8

[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spreads upon the mountains, a great people and a strong, there has not ever been the like, nor shall be any more after them, even to the years of man

Amos 8:9

And it shall come to pass in that day, says lord LORD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, nor thick gloom where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.

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Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Black

Zechariah 6:2

In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses,

Zechariah 6:6

[The chariot] in which are the black horses goes forth toward the north country, and the white went forth after them, and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.

Raven » Bird » Black » Carnivorous

Ravens » Described as » Black

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Black And White

Genesis 30:37

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

Black Animals

Genesis 30:32

I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and [of such] shall be my hire.

Black Hair

Leviticus 13:31

And if the priest looks on the disease of the scall, and, behold, the appearance of it is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the disease of the scall seven days.

Black People

Job 30:30

My skin is black, [and falls] from me. And my bones are burned with heat.

Colors, Black

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.

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