'World' in the Bible

Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.

Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.

The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.

The underworld is moved at your coming: the shades of the dead are awake before you, even the strong ones of the earth; all the kings of the world have got up from their seats.

Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

Make ready a place of death for his children, because of the evil-doing of their father; so that they may not come up and take the earth for their heritage, covering the face of the world with waste places.

All you peoples of the world, and you who are living on the earth, when a flag is lifted up on the mountains, give attention; and when the horn is sounded, give ear.

And it will be after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will have mercy on Tyre, and she will go back to her trade, acting as a loose woman with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.

In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.

In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.

Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.

I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.

The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.

Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.

So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?

And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.

She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world.

Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.

I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.

A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?

May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me;

But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.

And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:

Of being judged, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.