Black People

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

For there is no partiality with God.

Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.

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

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 spoke to all the people, saying, — read the full passage →

His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.

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

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. — read the full passage →

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. — read the full passage →

Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. — read the full passage →

My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, “May I speak to you?” He said, “Do you know Greek? — read the full passage →

Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame, — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. — read the full passage →

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

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

God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

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

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to prove him with hard questions.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

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

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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

Now Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying, — read the full passage →

Now when Ebedmelech 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 mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water. — read the full passage →

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

For this the earth will 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.”

In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

Blessed are those who do his commandments,that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

If then you 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 broke down the middle wall of partition, — read the full passage →

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

But God commends 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 commands that all people everywhere should repent,

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

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

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

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

It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious. — read the full passage →

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. — read the full passage →

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

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

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told to you that you would never see it again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies for male and female slaves, and nobody will buy you.

Miriam and Aaron spoke 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 itch is arrested, and black hair has grown in it; the itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall pronounce him clean.

If the priest examines the plague of itching, and behold, its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate the person infected with itching seven days.

keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”

All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your seed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. — read the full passage →

Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one. — read the full passage →

Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says Yahweh. “Haven’t 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 to David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. — read the full passage →

God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son. — read the full passage →

You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit. — read the full passage →

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death, — read the full passage →

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

The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, — read the full passage →

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen. — read the full passage →

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

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

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

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. — read the full passage →

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked. — read the full passage →

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. — read the full passage →

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to prove him with hard questions. — read the full passage →

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.” — read the full passage →

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. — read the full passage →

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. — read the full passage →

He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

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

neither shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.

Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab; — read the full passage →

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated. — read the full passage →

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