Bible Verses about “black people”

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;”

“For there is no respect of persons with God.”

“Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.”

“But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:”

“¶ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.”

“And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.”

“I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.”

“To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.”

“But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.”

“Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept.”

“Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.”

“He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.”

“And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.”

“And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.”

“The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.”

“¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.”

“¶ Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.”

“And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,”

“And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.”

“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,”

“And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?”

“And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.”

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

“And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.”

“By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.”

“And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.”

“And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.”

“And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same [is] a great city.”

“Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.”

“Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.”

“And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.”

“And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?”

“And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

“And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.”

“And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,”

“And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.”

“¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,”

“And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,”

“And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,”

“And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.”

“These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in their nations.”

“¶ Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.”

“The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:”

“Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.”

“¶ And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.”

“His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.”

“But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.”

“In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.”

“And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?”