10 Bible Verses about Dealing With The Nations

As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.

Yes, all kings will bow down before him,
All nations will serve him.

So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

They did not destroy the [pagan] peoples [in Canaan],
As the Lord commanded them,

But they mingled with the [idolatrous] nations
And learned their ways,

And the Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites;

‘The nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These things are the beginning of the birth pangs [the intolerable anguish and suffering].

“Now many [conquering] nations are assembled against you,
Who say, ‘Let her be profaned [through Gentile presence and the temple’s destruction],
And let our eyes gaze on and gloat over Zion.’

“Moreover, wine is treacherous and betrays the arrogant man,
So that he does not stay at home.
His appetite is large like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples [as if he owned them].