Bible Verses About Skin Color
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for skin color, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,589 votes, led by Galatians 3:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Skin Color
Galatians 3:28171 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.
John 7:24155 votes
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Song of Songs 1:5124 votes
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Acts 17:26115 votes
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
1 Samuel 16:798 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Revelation 7:986 votes
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Acts 10:34-3584 votes
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Jeremiah 13:2350 votes
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Daniel 10:647 votes
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Revelation 5:9-1046 votes
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Genesis 25:2545 votes
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
1 John 2:1131 votes
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Lamentations 5:1030 votes
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Isaiah 53:225 votes
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Lamentations 4:825 votes
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
John 3:1624 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Song of Songs 5:1020 votes
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
Revelation 1:12-1520 votes
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Romans 1:1619 votes
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Ezekiel 37:618 votes
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Revelation 1:1-2018 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
1 Corinthians 12:1317 votes
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Acts 4:1216 votes
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Job 7:515 votes
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Psalms 102:515 votes
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
What does the Bible say about skin color?
Readers most often cite Galatians 3:28 on the subject of skin color. Across 1,589 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 7:24, Song of Songs 1:5, Acts 17:26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.