12 Bible Verses about Nations Described

For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

What I say is that the things offered by the Gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits.

Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:

And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separating themselves from the evil ways of the people of the land to become the servants of the Lord, the God of Israel, took food together,

Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.

Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;