29 Bible Verses about Black

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Matthew 5:36

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

Exodus 10:15

For all the face of the earth was covered with them, so that the land was black; and every green plant and all the fruit of the trees which was untouched by the ice-storm they took for food: not one green thing, no plant or tree, was to be seen in all the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 11:13-14

And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray; And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;

Deuteronomy 14:12-13

But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray; The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort;

Leviticus 13:31

And after looking at the diseased place, if it does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest will have him shut up for seven days:

Deuteronomy 4:11

And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

1 Kings 18:45

And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

Job 28:3

Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

Job 30:28

I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.

Lamentations 4:7-8

Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire: Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.

Zechariah 6:2

In the first war-carriage were red horses; and in the second, black horses;

Revelation 6:5

And when the third stamp was undone, the voice of the third beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see. And I saw a black horse; and he who was seated on it had scales in his hand.

Job 3:5

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

Isaiah 5:30

And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

Amos 5:8

Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;

Joel 2:2

For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

Amos 8:9

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.

Job 34:22

There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

Jude 1:13

Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

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Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Black

Zechariah 6:2

In the first war-carriage were red horses; and in the second, black horses;

Zechariah 6:6

The carriage in which are the black horses goes in the direction of the north country; the white go to the west; and those of mixed colour go in the direction of the south country.

Raven » Bird » Black » Carnivorous

Song of Solomon 5:11

His head is as the most delicate gold; his hair is thick, and black as a raven.

Ravens » Described as » Black

Song of Solomon 5:11

His head is as the most delicate gold; his hair is thick, and black as a raven.

Topics on Black

Black And White

Genesis 30:37

Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.

Black Animals

Genesis 30:32

Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.

Black Hair

Leviticus 13:31

And after looking at the diseased place, if it does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest will have him shut up for seven days:

Black People

Job 30:30

My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.

Colors, Black

Jude 1:13

Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

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