Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples is a sin-offering.

Deuteronomy 4:6-8

and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.

Deuteronomy 28:1-68

'And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

Deuteronomy 29:18-28

lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood:

Psalm 107:34

A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

Judges 2:6-14

And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;

Jeremiah 2:2-25

'Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

Ezekiel 16:1-63

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 22:1-23

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

Bible References

Righteousness

Deuteronomy 4:6
and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.
Deuteronomy 28:1
'And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,
Judges 2:6
And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;
Jeremiah 2:2
'Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.
Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

But

Deuteronomy 28:15
'And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:
Deuteronomy 29:18
lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood:
Psalm 107:34
A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.