Black Men

I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains. — read the full passage →

I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like 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, nor turning shadow.

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads. — read the full passage →

Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. — read the full passage →

Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

“Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

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

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, “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 cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

“You shall not murder.

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

that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.

“You shall not steal.