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The 19 most-voted verses about blacks, from 16 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

Numbers 12:1 (BSB)

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

Numbers 12:1 (KJV)

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

Numbers 12:1 (WEB)

As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

Luke 23:26 (BSB)

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear [it] after Jesus.

Luke 23:26 (KJV)

When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it after Jesus.

Luke 23:26 (WEB)

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:5 (BSB)

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

Song of Solomon 1:5 (KJV)

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

Song of Solomon 1:5 (WEB)

For God does not show favoritism.

Romans 2:11 (BSB)

For there is no respect of persons with God.

Romans 2:11 (KJV)

For there is no partiality with God.

Romans 2:11 (WEB)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Genesis 1:26 (BSB)

¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:26 (KJV)

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Genesis 1:26 (WEB)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

Proverbs 3:5 (BSB)

¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5 (KJV)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5 (WEB)

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

Song of Solomon 1:6 (BSB)

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.

Song of Solomon 1:6 (KJV)

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.

Song of Solomon 1:6 (WEB)

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

Jeremiah 13:23 (BSB)

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

Jeremiah 13:23 (KJV)

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

Jeremiah 13:23 (WEB)

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Acts 13:1 (BSB)

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.

Acts 13:1 (KJV)

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.

Acts 13:1 (WEB)

My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

Job 30:30 (BSB)

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

Job 30:30 (KJV)

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

Job 30:30 (WEB)

“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?

Amos 9:7 (BSB)

[Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Amos 9:7 (KJV)

Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says the LORD. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Amos 9:7 (WEB)

Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

Acts 10:34 (BSB)

¶ Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

Acts 10:34 (KJV)

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

Acts 10:34 (WEB)

he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

Genesis 9:25 (BSB)

And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Genesis 9:25 (KJV)

He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

Genesis 9:25 (WEB)

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

Deuteronomy 23:2 (BSB)

A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 23:2 (KJV)

A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into the LORD’s assembly.

Deuteronomy 23:2 (WEB)

Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

Psalm 68:31 (BSB)

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

Psalm 68:31 (KJV)

Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.

Psalm 68:31 (WEB)

The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

Zechariah 6:6 (BSB)

The black horses which [are] therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.

Zechariah 6:6 (KJV)

The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went out toward the south country.”

Zechariah 6:6 (WEB)

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

Galatians 3:28 (BSB)

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.

Galatians 3:28 (KJV)

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.

Galatians 3:28 (WEB)

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Jude 1:13 (BSB)

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Jude 1:13 (KJV)

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

Jude 1:13 (WEB)

His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

Revelation 1:15 (BSB)

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

Revelation 1:15 (KJV)

His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.

Revelation 1:15 (WEB)

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