Nation
71 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
14 sections
Chastised
- Isaiah 14:26–27 This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. …
- Jeremiah 5:29 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 18:6–10 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. …
- Jeremiah 25:12–33 But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. …
- Ezekiel 2:3–5 “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. …
- Ezekiel 39:23–24 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword. …
- Daniel 7:9–12 As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. …
- Daniel 9:3–16 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. …
- Hosea 7:12 As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
- Joel 1:1–20 This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: …
- Amos 9:9 “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
- Zephaniah 3:6 “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
- Zephaniah 3:8 Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation — all My burning anger. For all the earth will be …
Involved in Sins of Rulers
- Genesis 20:4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
- Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
- 2 Samuel 24:10–17 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” …
- 1 Chronicles 21:7–17 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel. …
Involved in the Sins of Other Individuals, As Achan
- Joshua 7:1 The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD …
Lamented
- Ezra 9:1 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like …
- Nehemiah 1:4–11 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. …
- Jeremiah 6:14 They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
- Jeremiah 8:11 They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
National Adversity, Prayer In
- Judges 21:2–4 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly. …
- 2 Chronicles 7:13–14 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, …
- Psalm 74:1 Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Joel 2:12 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
National Peace
- Joshua 14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
- Judges 3:11 So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- Judges 3:30 So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
- 1 Kings 4:24–25 For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates — over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza — and he had peace on all sides. …
Peace Given by God
- Joshua 21:44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
- 1 Chronicles 23:25 For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
- Psalm 147:13–14 For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you. …
- Ecclesiastes 3:8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
- Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Peace of
- Job 34:29 But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
- Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Psalm 89:15–18 Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence. …
Perish
- Psalm 9:17 The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Isaiah 60:12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
Prayer For
- Psalm 85:1–7 You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity. …
- Lamentations 2:20–22 Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? …
- Lamentations 5:1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
- Daniel 9:3–21 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. …
Prayer for Peace
- Jeremiah 29:7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
- 1 Timothy 2:1–2 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— …
Promises of Peace To
- Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
- 1 Kings 2:33 Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
- 2 Kings 20:19 But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
- 1 Chronicles 22:9 But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
- Psalm 29:11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
- Psalm 46:9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Psalm 72:3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
- Psalm 72:7 May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.
- Psalm 128:6 that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
- Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Isaiah 14:4–7 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! …
- Isaiah 60:17–18 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler. …
- Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 30:10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to …
- Jeremiah 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
- Ezekiel 34:25–28 I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. …
- Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Micah 4:3–4 Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, …
- Zechariah 1:11 And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
- Zechariah 3:10 On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
- Zechariah 8:4–5 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. …
- Zechariah 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends …
- Zechariah 14:11 People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
Righteousness Exalts
- Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Sins of
- Isaiah 30:1–2 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. …
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.