Bible Verses About Nations
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for nations, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,957 votes, led by Psalms 33:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Nations
Psalms 33:12330 votes
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Isaiah 60:12225 votes
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
2 Chronicles 7:14215 votes
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Isaiah 60:18166 votes
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Genesis 12:2155 votes
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Proverbs 14:34154 votes
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Acts 17:26121 votes
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
1 Timothy 2:1108 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Micah 4:3101 votes
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Revelation 7:999 votes
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Genesis 35:1196 votes
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Daniel 9:3-2191 votes
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Matthew 28:18-1989 votes
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Psalms 22:2777 votes
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Isaiah 2:470 votes
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
1 Peter 2:970 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Psalms 9:1769 votes
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 46:1060 votes
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Matthew 28:1959 votes
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Psalms 22:27-2857 votes
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Genesis 12:2-355 votes
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Psalms 22:2849 votes
For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psalms 86:949 votes
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Psalms 67:1-748 votes
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
Genesis 18:1847 votes
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
What does the Bible say about nations?
Readers most often cite Psalms 33:12 on the subject of nations. Across 4,957 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 60:12, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Isaiah 60:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.