10 Bible Verses about Dealing With The Nations

"'As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you -- you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you.

All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.

So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people."

They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them to do.

They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways.

The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, "Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!"

Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol's; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.