'World' in the Bible

Every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, for the famine was severe in every land.

He raises the poor from the dustand lifts the needy from the garbage pile.He seats them with noblemenand gives them a throne of honor.For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;He has set the world on them.

Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, cut your head off, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,

The depths of the sea became visible,the foundations of the world were exposedat the rebuke of the Lord,at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom.

The whole world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

Then Naaman and his whole company went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “I know there’s no God in the whole world except in Israel. Therefore, please accept a gift from your servant.”

tremble before Him, all the earth.The world is firmly established;it cannot be shaken.

King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and wisdom.

All the kings of the world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

He is driven from light to darknessand chased from the inhabited world.

Who gave Him authority over the earth?Who put Him in charge of the entire world?

Could one who hates justice govern the world?Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

They swirl about,turning round and round at His direction,accomplishing everything He commands themover the surface of the inhabited world.

He judges the world with righteousness;He executes judgment on the nations with fairness.

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,from men of the worldwhose portion is in this life:You fill their bellies with what You have in store;their sons are satisfied,and they leave their surplus to their children.

The depths of the sea became visible,the foundations of the world were exposed,at Your rebuke, Lord,at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Their message has gone out to all the earth,and their words to the ends of the world.In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

A Davidic psalm.The earth and everything in it,the world and its inhabitants,belong to the Lord;

Let the whole earth tremble before the Lord;let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Hear this, all you peoples;listen, all who inhabit the world,

If I were hungry, I would not tell you,for the world and everything in it is Mine.

The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;lightning lit up the world.The earth shook and quaked.

The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.The world and everything in it—You founded them.

Before the mountains were born,before You gave birth to the earth and the world,from eternity to eternity, You are God.

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.The world is firmly established;it cannot be shaken.

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.He judges the peoples fairly.”

before the Lord, for He is coming—for He is coming to judge the earth.He will judge the world with righteousnessand the peoples with His faithfulness.

His lightning lights up the world;the earth sees and trembles.

Let the sea and all that fills it,the world and those who live in it, resound.

before the Lord,for He is coming to judge the earth.He will judge the world righteouslyand the peoples fairly.

He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;He will crush leaders over the entire world.

I was rejoicing in His inhabited world,delighting in the human race.

I will bring disaster on the world,and their own iniquity, on the wicked.I will put an end to the pride of the arrogantand humiliate the insolence of tyrants.

who turned the world into a wilderness,who destroyed its citiesand would not release the prisoners to return home?”

All you inhabitants of the worldand you who live on the earth,when a banner is raised on the mountains, look!When a trumpet sounds, listen!

And at the end of the 70 years, the Lord will restore Tyre and she will go back into business, prostituting herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

The earth mourns and withers;the world wastes away and withers;the exalted people of the earth waste away.

I long for You in the night;yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks You,for when Your judgments are in the land,the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

In days to come, Jacob will take root.Israel will blossom and bloomand fill the whole world with fruit.

You nations, come here and listen;you peoples, pay attention!Let the earth hear, and all that fills it,the world and all that comes from it.

You live in a world of deception.In their deception they refuse to know Me.This is the Lord’s declaration.

He made the earth by His power,established the world by His wisdom,and spread out the heavens by His understanding.

all the kings of the north, both near and far from one another;that is, all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth.Finally, the king of Sheshach will drink after them.

He made the earth by His power,established the world by His wisdom,and spread out the heavens by His understanding.

“This is what the Lord God says: While the whole world rejoices, I will make you a desolation.

in order to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ruins now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have been acquiring cattle and possessions and who live at the center of the world.’

The mountains quake before Him,and the hills melt;the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all who live in it.

Again, the Devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:I will open My mouth in parables;I will declare things kept secretfrom the foundation of the world.

the field is the world; and the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes.

This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations. And then the end will come.

For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

I assure you: Wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life?

For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of the world, which God created, until now and never will be again!

I assure you: Wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

So he took Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?

so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world—

For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the celestial powers will be shaken.

The true light, who gives light to everyone,was coming into the world.

He was in the world,and the world was created through Him,yet the world did not recognize Him.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

And they told the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world.”

When the people saw the sign He had done, they said, “This really is the Prophet who was to come into the world!”

For the bread of God is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil.

Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”

“You are from below,” He told them, “I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”

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

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”

do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?

“Aren’t there 12 hours in a day?” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

“Yes, Lord,” she told Him, “I believe You are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”

Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look—the world has gone after Him!”

The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me would not remain in darkness.

If anyone hears My words and doesn’t keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.

“In a little while the world will see Me no longer, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live too.

Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it You’re going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”

“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful.

I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over Me.

On the contrary, I am going away so that the world may know that I love the Father. Just as the Father commanded Me, so I do.“Get up; let’s leave this place.

“If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you.