Black Men

I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon. — read the full passage →

I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. — read the full passage →

Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Thou shalt not kill.

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. — read the full passage →

and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon.

Thou shalt not steal.