Bible Verses About The Color Black
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the color black, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 217 votes, led by Jeremiah 14:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Color Black
Jeremiah 14:218 votes
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Lamentations 5:1018 votes
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Song of Songs 1:516 votes
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Job 30:3015 votes
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
Zechariah 6:614 votes
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.
Matthew 5:3613 votes
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Daniel 7:912 votes
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Zechariah 6:212 votes
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Jude 1:1312 votes
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Revelation 6:512 votes
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
Revelation 7:912 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;
Genesis 25:2511 votes
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
Jeremiah 8:2111 votes
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Revelation 1:111 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:
Numbers 12:110 votes
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Job 3:510 votes
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Proverbs 7:910 votes
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
What does the Bible say about the color black?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 14:2 on the subject of the color black. Across 217 votes, 17 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Lamentations 5:10, Song of Songs 1:5, Job 30:30. This page lists all 17 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.