Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation! But sin is a reproach to any people.
Deuteronomy 4:6-8
Carefully obey the laws. For this will show your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations. They will hear all these statutes and say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
Deuteronomy 28:1-68
Carefully obey Jehovah your God. Faithfully follow all his commandments that I give you today. If you do this Jehovah your God will place you high above all the other nations in the world.
Deuteronomy 29:18-28
Make sure that no man, woman, family, or tribe standing here today turns from Jehovah our God to serve the gods of other nations. This would be like a root that grows to be a bitter and poisonous plant.
Psalm 107:34
and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
Judges 2:6-14
When Joshua let the people go the children of Israel went, every man, to his inheritance to possess the land.
Jeremiah 2:2-25
Go and announce to Jerusalem, 'This is what Jehovah says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that was not sown (farmed).
Ezekiel 16:1-63
The word of Jehovah came to me:
Ezekiel 22:1-23
Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:
Hosea 13:1
When the tribe of Ephraim spoke, people trembled. The people of Ephraim were important in Israel. Then they became guilty of worshiping Baal, so they must die.