13 Bible Verses about Nations Described

For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that you should have fellowship with demons.

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

And the children of Israel, who had come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto licentiousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Why should the nations say, Where is their God? let him be known among the nations in our sight by the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed.