26 Bible Verses about Black Men (KJV)

Here are 26 Bible verses about black men, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Song of Solomon 1:5-6 KJV

⁵I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. ⁶Look 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.

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Daniel 7:9 KJV

⁹I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

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Revelation 1:15 KJV

¹⁵And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

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Matthew 2:13 KJV

¹³And when they were departed, behold, the 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 bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

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James 1:17 KJV

¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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Psalm 83:2-5 KJV

²For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. ³They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. ⁴They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. ⁵For they have consulted together with one consent: they are …

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Luke 6:1-49 KJV

¹And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. ²And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? ³And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an …

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Matthew 10:34 KJV

³⁴Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

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John 10:10 KJV

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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Ephesians 4:28 KJV

²⁸Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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1 Corinthians 6:10 KJV

¹⁰Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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Proverbs 3:31 KJV

³¹Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

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Psalm 11:5 KJV

⁵The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

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Leviticus 25:44 KJV

⁴⁴Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

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Genesis 9:5-6 KJV

⁵And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. ⁶Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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Ephesians 5:11 KJV

¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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Galatians 5:19-21 KJV

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ²⁰Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, ²¹Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of …

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Luke 10:30 KJV

³⁰And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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Hosea 4:2 KJV

²By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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Leviticus 19:11 KJV

¹¹Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

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Exodus 22:19 KJV

¹⁹Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

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Exodus 22:2 KJV

²If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

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Exodus 20:15 KJV

¹⁵Thou shalt not steal.

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Exodus 20:13 KJV

¹³Thou shalt not kill.

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Genesis 50:1-26 KJV

¹And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. ²And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. ³And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. ⁴And when the days of …

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Revelation 4:3 KJV

³And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

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