13 Bible Verses about Nations Described

For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.

They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.

They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons!

Consider the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, and unmerciful.

The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the Gentiles of the land in order to worship Yahweh, the God of Israel.

They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more.

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

Why do the nations rebel
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth take their stand,
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and His Anointed One:

On frequent journeys, I faced
dangers from rivers,
dangers from robbers,
dangers from my own people,
dangers from the Gentiles,
dangers in the city,
dangers in the open country,
dangers on the sea,
and dangers among false brothers;

Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.