Bible Verses About African Americans
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for african americans, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 223 votes, led by Proverbs 17:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about African Americans
Proverbs 17:217 votes
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Acts 1:814 votes
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 6:914 votes
Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Acts 13:114 votes
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 17:514 votes
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Acts 17:3014 votes
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Exodus 21:512 votes
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Exodus 21:12-1712 votes
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6812 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:
Deuteronomy 28:4912 votes
The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Jeremiah 13:2312 votes
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Colossians 3:1112 votes
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Hebrews 5:512 votes
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
Hebrews 5:912 votes
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
1 Kings 3:110 votes
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Proverbs 22:8-2910 votes
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Galatians 3:2810 votes
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.
Hebrews 13:3-1410 votes
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
What does the Bible say about african americans?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 17:2 on the subject of african americans. Across 223 votes, 18 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 1:8, Acts 6:9, Acts 13:1. This page lists all 18 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.