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Want to know what the Bible says about Nations? Here are 93 Bible verses about Nations from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Matthew 24:14 NIV
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
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Joel 2:12 NIV
“Even now,” declares the Lord,
    “return to me with all your heart,
    with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
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Psalm 2:8 NIV
Ask me,
    and I will make the nations your inheritance,
    the ends of the earth your possession.
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Revelation 7:9 NIV
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
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Zechariah 9:10 NIV
I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
    and the warhorses from Jerusalem,
    and the battle bow will be broken.
He will proclaim peace to the nations.
    His rule will extend from sea to sea
    and from the River to the ends of the earth.
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Jeremiah 1:5 NIV
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
    before you were born I set you apart;
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
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1 Peter 2:17 NIV
Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
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Genesis 10:1 NIV
This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
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1 Timothy 2:1-2 NIV
2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
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Genesis 12:3 NIV
I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.
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Psalm 22:28 NIV
for dominion belongs to the Lord
    and he rules over the nations.
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Zechariah 14:9 NIV
The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.
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Hosea 2:18 NIV
In that day I will make a covenant for them
    with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the creatures that move along the ground.
Bow and sword and battle
    I will abolish from the land,
    so that all may lie down in safety.
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2 Peter 3:9 NIV
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
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Deuteronomy 32:28 NIV
They are a nation without sense,
    there is no discernment in them.
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John 3:16-17 NIV
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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Isaiah 14:26 NIV
This is the plan determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
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Zechariah 9:9 NIV
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
    Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
    righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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Haggai 2:7 NIV
I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, ’ says the Lord Almighty.
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Psalm 72:17 NIV
May his name endure forever;
    may it continue as long as the sun.
Then all nations will be blessed through him,
    and they will call him blessed.
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