30 Bible Verses about Nations

For the fainting not to what the straits to her according to the time of the first he made light the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali; and afterward he made heavy the way of the sea beyond Jordan of Galilee of the nations.

Put fear to them, O Jehovah: the nations shall know they are man. Silence.

For to Jehovah the kingdom, and he rules among the nations.

This day I will begin to give thy fear and thy terror upon the face of the peoples under all the heavens who shall hear thy report; and they trembled and were concerned from thy face.

And also the nation whom they shall serve, I will judge, and after this they shall come forth with great substance.

Thou a mallet to me, a weapon of war: and I broke the nations in pieces with thee, and I destroyed kingdoms with thee; And I broke in pieces with thee the horse and his rider; and I broke in pieces with thee the chariot and its charioteer;

And when the Son of man should come in his glory, and all his holy messengers with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the kids: . And he shall set the sheep from his right, and the kids from his left.

They consecrating themselves and cleansing themselves in the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse; together shall they perish, says Jehovah And I come to gather together all nations and tongues, their works and their purposes; and they came and saw my glory.

For behold, in those days and in that time when I shall turn hack the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, And I gathered all nations, and I brought them down to the valley of Jehoshophat, and I contended with them there for my people and mine inheritance Israel whom they scattered among the nations, and they divided the land. And for my people they cast the lot: and they will give the boy for a harlot, and they sold the girl for wine; and they will drink read more.
And also what are ye to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the circuits of Philistia? do ye requite to me a recompense? and if ye recompense to me, swiftly and speedily I will turn back your recompense upon your head; For ye took my silver and my gold, and my delights of good things ye brought to your temples. And the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem ye sold to the sons of the Grecians, in order to remove them far off from their border. Behold me raising them up from the place where ye sold them there, and I turned back your recompense upon your head: And I sold your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they sold them to the Sabeans to a nation far off: for Jehovah spake. Call ye this among the nations: Consecrate war; rouse up the strong ones, they shall draw near, all the men of war shall come up. Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears: the weak shall say, I am strong. Hasten and come all ye nations from round about, and be ye gathered together: there lead down, O Jehovah, thy strong ones. The nations shall be roused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will sit to judge all the nations from round about Send ye forth the sickle, for the harvest was ripened: come ye, go down, for the wine press was filled, the vats, overflowed; for their evil is great Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of judgment: for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of judgment

For this, wait for me, says Jehovah, to the day of my rising up for a testimony: for my judgment is to assemble the nations for my gathering the kingdoms to pour upon them my wrath, all the burning of mine anger: for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be devoured.

The Lifting up of the word of Jehovah for Israel, says Jehovah, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth, and forming the spirit of man in the midst of him. Behold, I set Jerusalem a dish of reeling to all peoples round about, and against Judah shall he be in the straitness against Jerusalem. And it was in that day I will set Jerusalem a stone of burden to all peoples: all loading her, being out; shall be cut; and all the nations of the earth were gathered together against her..

Put fear to them, O Jehovah: the nations shall know they are man. Silence.

And I will cause those oppressing thee to eat their own flesh, and they shall drink their blood to the full as new wine: and all flesh shall know that I am Jehovah saving thee, and redeeming thee, the Mighty One of Jacob.

For all the people of the earth to know that Jehovah he is God, none besides.

And I magnified myself, and I consecrated myself; and I was made known to the eyes of many nations, and they knew that I am Jehovah.

And to him being able to support you according to my good news, and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent from eternal times, And now made manifest, also by the prophetic writings according to the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith made known to all nations:

Thou shalt not fear, O my servant Jacob, says Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a completion among all nations where I thrust thee away there: and I will not make a completion with thee, and I will correct thee for judgment; and acquitting, I will not let thee go unpunished.

And thou my servant Jacob shall not fear, says Jehovah, and thou Israel shalt not be dismayed: for behold me saving thee from far off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob turned back and rested, and was quiet, and none making afraid. For I am with thee, says Jehovah, to serve thee: for I will make a completion to all nations where I scattered thee there, but with thee I will not make a completion: and I corrected thee for judgment, and acquitting, I will not let thee go unpunished.

Are ye not as the sons of the Cushites to me, O sons of Israel? says Jehovah. Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the rovers from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir? Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah upon the sinning kingdom, and I destroyed it from the face of the earth; only that destroying, I will not destroy the house of Jacob, says Jehovah.

Thou, O king, wert seeing, and behold, one great image. This image vast, and its brightness excellent; it stood before thee, and its aspect terrible. This image, its head of good gold, the breasts and arms of silver, and the bowels and thighs of brass: The legs of iron, the feet part of iron, and part of burnt clay. read more.
Thou wert seeing even till a stone was cut out not with hands, and striking against the image upon the feet of iron and burnt clay, and breaking them in pieces. At that time were beaten small at once, the iron, the burnt clay, the brass, the silver and the gold, and they were as the chaff of the threshing-floor of summer; and the wind lifted them up and all place was not found for them: and the stone striking against the image was for a great rock, and filled all the earth. This the dream, and we will tell its interpretation before the king. Thou, O king, a king of kings: for the God of the heavens gave to thee a kingdom strong and powerful, and splendid. And in all that the sons of men dwelt, the beasts of the open field and the birds of the heavens he gave into thine hand, and gave thee power over them all Thou this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom lower than thee, and another third kingdom of brass, that shall have power over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because that iron beats small, and makes thin all: and as iron breaks all these, it shall beat small and break. And that thou sawest the feet and toes, part of burnt clay of the potter, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; and from the firmness of iron to be in it, for which cause that thou sawest iron mingled with earthen-ware. And the toes of the feet, part of iron, and part of burnt clay, from the end of the kingdom shall be strong, and part shall be cut asunder. That thou sawest the iron mingled with the earthen-ware, mingling for themselves with the seed of men: and not cleaving to them this with this, so as iron not mingling with burnt clay. And in their days that they are kings, the God of the heavens shall set up a kingdom that shall not be destroyed forever: and its kingdom shall be left to another people; it shall beat small and destroy all these kingdoms, and this shall stand forever.

In that day Jehovah shall protect about the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he being weak among them in that day was as David; and the house of David as God, as the messenger of Jehovah before them. And it was in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations coming against Jerusalem.

And Jehovah will say to Abram, Go for thyself from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land which I will shew thee. And I will make thee into a great nation, and I will bless thee, and I will make thy name great; and thou shalt be blessed. And I will praise them praising thee, and I will curse him cursing thee, and in thee shall all the families of the earth be praised.

And Abraham being, shall be for a great and numerous nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in him.

And the messenger of Jehovah will call to Abraham the second time out of the heavens. And he will say, By myself did I swear, says Jehovah, for because that thou didst this word, and didst not spare thy son, thine only. That praising, I will praise thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand upon the lip of the sea; and thy seed shall inherit the gate of his enemies. read more.
And in thy seed all the nations of the earth shall be praised; because that thou didst listen to my voice.

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed will I give all these lands; and I established the oath which I sware to Abraham thy father. And I will increase thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and I will give to thy seed all these lands: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be praised.

Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God set with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all families of earth be praised.

I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as the Son of man he came, and turning even to the Ancient of days; and they brought him near before him. And to him was given dominion, power and honor, and a kingdom; and all peoples and nations and tongues shall serve to him: his power an eternal power that shall not pass away, and his kingdom which shall not be destroyed.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and shall turn back to Jehovah: and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee.

And for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I blessed him and made him fruitful, and I multiplied him with might exceedingly: twelve chiefs shall he beget, and I will give him into a great nation.

And the child will become great, and shall be weaned; and Abraham will make a great drinking in the day of weaning Isaak. And Sarah will see the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she brought forth to Abraham, laughing. And she will say to Abraham, Cast out this maid-servant and her son; for the son of this maid-servant shall not inherit with my son, with Isaak. read more.
And the word was greatly evil in the eyes of Abraham, on account of his son. And God will say to Abraham, It shall not be evil in thine eyes concerning the boy, and concerning thy maidservant; all which Sarah shall say to thee, hear to her voice; for in Isaak the seed shall be called to thee. And also the son of this maid-servant, I will make him into a nation, for he is thy seed.

Who knew not in all these that the hand of God did this? Which in his hand the soul of all living, and the spirit of all the flesh of man. Shall not the ear try words? and the palate shall taste food to it? read more.
With old men is wisdom, and length of days, understanding With him wisdom and strength, to him counsel and understanding. Behold, he will pull down and it shall not be built up: he will shut up against man and it shall not be opened. Behold, he will hold back upon the waters, and they will dry up: and he will send them forth and they will overturn the earth. With him strength and purpose:to him the one led astray and him leading astray. Leading away counselors stripped off and he will make foolish the judges He loosed the bonds of kings, and he will gird upon their loins a girdle. Leading away priests stripped off, and he will overthrow the mighty. Removing the lip to the faithful, and he will take discernment of old men. Proving contempt upon nobles, and he slackened the girdle of the strong. Revealing deep things from darkness, and he will bring to light the shadow of death. Making great to the nations, and he will destroy them: he spread out to the nations, and he will guide them.

Jehovah upon thy right hand crushed kings in the day of his anger. He shall judge in the nations; he filled with dead bodies: he crushed the head over much land.

And many people went and said, Come, and we will go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us from his ways, and we will go in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. And he judged between the nations, and he will decide for many peoples: and they shall beat down their swords to plough-shares and their spears to pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and they shall no more learn war.

And it was in the last of the days the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and it was lifted up above the hills, and peoples flowed to it. And many nations went and said, Come, and we will go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us from his ways, and we will go in his paths: from Zion will instruction go forth, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. And he judged between many peoples, and he admonished to strong nations even to far off; and they beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and they shall no more learn war.

And the sons of Noah going forth from the ark shall be Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham he the father of Canaan. These the three sons of Noah; and from these was the whole earth disseminated.

These the generations of the sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons shall be born to them after the flood. The sons of Japheth; Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. read more.
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Chittim and Dodanirn. By these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands; a man according to his tongue, according to their tribe, in their nations And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha; and the sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be strong in the earth. He was a strong taker of prey before the face of Jehovah; for this he will say, As Nimrod the strong hunter before the face of Jehovah. And the beginning of his kingdom shall be Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. From that land shall come forth Asshur, and shall build Nineveh, and the city Reheboth, and Calah, And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: this a great city. And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim. And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (which from the same came Philistine) and Caphtorim. And Caanan will beget Sidon, his first-born, and Heth, And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward the families of the Catiaanites were dispersed. And the bound of the Canaanite shall be from Sidon in thy coming to Gerar, to Azzah; in thy coming to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha. These the sons of Hain according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. And to Shem shall be born, even to him the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the great The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaeshad, and Lud, and Aram. And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. And Arphaeshad shall beget Shelah, and Shelah shall beget Eber. And to Eber shall be born two sons: the name of the latter, Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother, Joktan. And Joktan will beget Ahnodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling shall be from Mesha, in thy going to Sephar, a mountain of the east These the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, according to their nations. These the families of Noah after their generations, in their nations and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

I, behold my covenant with thee, thou being father of a multitude of nations. And thy name shall no more be called Abram, and thy name shall be Abraham, for the father of a multitude of nations have I given thee. And I made thee fruitful with might exceedingly, and I gave thee for nations, and kings shall come forth from thee.

The unjust fled and none pursuing, and the just shall be confident as the young lion. In the transgression of a land many its chiefs: and by a man understanding to know, the place shall be extended.

Justice will exalt a nation: and sin a reproach to nations.

For having passed by, and beholding your venerations, I found also an altar upon which was inscribed, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom not knowing therefore ye reverence, him I announce to you. God having made the world and all things in it, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made by hands; Nor is served by men's hands, standing in need of anything, he giving to all life, and breath, and all things. read more.
And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having limited the times before arranged, and the bounds of their habitation;

Say to God, How terrible thy works! in the multitude of thy strength thine enemies shall lie to thee. All the earth shall worship to thee, and they shall play on the harp to thee; they shall play on the harp to thy name. Silence. Come and see ye the works of God: terrible the doing upon the sons of man. read more.
He turned the sea into dry land: they will pass through the river on foot: there we shall rejoice in him. Ruling by his strength forever; his eyes will look about upon the nations: they turning away shall not lift up for themselves. Silence.

Happy the nation to whom Jehovah is his God; the people he chose for an inheritance to him.

Wherefore did the nations rage, and the peoples will meditate emptiness? The kings of the earth will place themselves, and the princes sat down together against Jehovah and against his Messiah. We will tear away his bands, and we will cast away his cords from us. read more.
He dwelling in the heavens shall laugh: Jehovah shall deride to them. Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and in his burning shall he tery them. And I anointed my king over Zion my holy mountain.

The unjust shall be turned away into hades, all the nations forgetting God.