Black People

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

for there is no respect of persons with God.

Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.

I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying, — read the full passage →

His head isasthe most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. — read the full passage →

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles. — read the full passage →

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him. — read the full passage →

My skin is black, and fallethfrom me, And my bones are burned with heat.

And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek? — read the full passage →

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame; — read the full passage →

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. — read the full passage →

After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and ofalltribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years. — read the full passage →

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street. — read the full passage →

Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying, — read the full passage →

Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin), — read the full passage →

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. — read the full passage →

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

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:

And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, — read the full passage →

What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.

The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious. — read the full passage →

He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail. — read the full passage →

A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

There were hangings of white cloth, of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. — read the full passage →

But if in his eyes the scall be at a stay, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:

keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; — read the full passage →

And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. — read the full passage →

Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? — read the full passage →

In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. — read the full passage →

Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king’s son. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof. — read the full passage →

He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death. — read the full passage →

Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. — read the full passage →

And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, — read the full passage →

Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen. — read the full passage →

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lordof glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

But Peter raised him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. — read the full passage →

The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house. — read the full passage →

Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked. — read the full passage →

O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions. — read the full passage →

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house. — read the full passage →

But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. — read the full passage →

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork. — read the full passage →

He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. — read the full passage →

neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab: — read the full passage →

These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread. — read the full passage →

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. — read the full passage →