Bible Verses About Africa
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for africa, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,352 votes, led by Acts 10:34-35. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Africa
Acts 10:34-3591 votes
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts 8:27-3186 votes
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,
Numbers 12:181 votes
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Amos 9:7-862 votes
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?
Nahum 3:6-1060 votes
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
Psalms 68:3154 votes
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Daniel 11:4351 votes
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Genesis 2:11-1345 votes
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Genesis 10:6-2045 votes
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Jeremiah 46:945 votes
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
1 Kings 10:1-1344 votes
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.
Isaiah 45:1431 votes
Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Ezekiel 29:1031 votes
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
Exodus 15:2625 votes
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
2 Chronicles 14:1225 votes
So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
Isaiah 11:1125 votes
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 37:925 votes
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Leviticus 26:1-4622 votes
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
Judges 1:1622 votes
And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
Jeremiah 38:7-1322 votes
Now when Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Jeremiah 39:15-1822 votes
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
1 Chronicles 1:8-3318 votes
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
1 Chronicles 4:39-4118 votes
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
2 Chronicles 12:2-318 votes
And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,
Deuteronomy 28:1-6816 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
What does the Bible say about africa?
Readers most often cite Acts 10:34-35 on the subject of africa. Across 1,352 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 8:27-31, Numbers 12:1, Amos 9:7-8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.