Bible Verses About Interracial Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for interracial marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,519 votes, led by Acts 16:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Interracial Marriage
Acts 16:1171 votes
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
Daniel 2:43160 votes
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Numbers 12:1-16148 votes
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Galatians 3:28119 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.
Leviticus 19:1980 votes
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
Romans 10:12-1380 votes
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Deuteronomy 22:9-1160 votes
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
1 John 4:860 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Ezra 9:1257 votes
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
John 10:1642 votes
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Deuteronomy 7:1-634 votes
When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Romans 2:1134 votes
For there is no respect of persons with God.
2 Corinthians 6:14-1834 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Acts 17:24-2630 votes
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Ephesians 2:14-1928 votes
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Genesis 41:4519 votes
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 23:1-2519 votes
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
Colossians 2:1-2318 votes
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Isaiah 56:1-1217 votes
Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Genesis 24:3-414 votes
And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis 27:4614 votes
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Exodus 12:48-4914 votes
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
Deuteronomy 32:814 votes
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Ezra 9:1-10:4413 votes
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Genesis 46:2012 votes
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.
What does the Bible say about interracial marriage?
Readers most often cite Acts 16:1 on the subject of interracial marriage. Across 1,519 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Daniel 2:43, Numbers 12:1-16, Galatians 3:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.