Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
Deuteronomy 4:6-8
Keep therefore and do them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Deuteronomy 28:1-68
And it shall come to pass, if thou shall hearken diligently to the voice of LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the ear
Deuteronomy 29:18-28
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations. Lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood,
Psalm 107:34
a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
Judges 2:6-14
Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the sons of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
Jeremiah 2:2-25
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says LORD, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, how thou went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Ezekiel 16:1-63
Again the word of LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 22:1-23
Moreover the word of LORD came to me, saying,
Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he offended in Baal, he died.