Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4800 Natural and supernatural phenomena » 4801 black A dark colour often associated with impending judgment or with evil. Black as descriptive of colour Matthew 5:36 See also Exodus 10:15 the plague of locusts; Leviticus 11:13-14 pp Deuteronomy 14:12-13 unclean food; Leviticus 13:31; Deuteronomy 4:11; 1 Kings 18:45; Job 28:3; Job 30:28,30; Songs 5:11; Lamentations 4:7-8 Black horses: Zechariah 6:2,6; Revelation 6:5 Revelation 6:12 Black as the opposite of light Job 3:5 Job cursing the day of his birth. See also Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 45:7; Amos 5:8 Black in the setting of impending judgment Joel 2:2 See also Amos 8:9; Zephaniah 1:15 Black as a symbol of evil Job 34:22 See also John 3:19; 2 Peter 2:17; Jude 13 See also
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