What Does the Bible Say About Patriotism?

“And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;”

“That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.”

“And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.”

“And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.”

“And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:”

“And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:”

“And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:”

“And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:”

“And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.”

“And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:”

“And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.”

“Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,”

“And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. foot: Heb. his feet thoughts: Heb. impressions For: or, In”

“Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach”

“Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.”

“And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.”

“That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.”

“And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,”

“And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?”

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”

“Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.”

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. for the sons: or, of the sons favourable: or, well pleased”

“Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.”

“Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. thyself: or, thine anger from waxing hot”

“Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.”

“Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?”

“Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?”

“Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.”

“I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.”

“Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.”

“Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.”

“Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.”

“Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.”

“Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.”

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.”

“Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.”

“The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.”

“Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.”

“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.”

“We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.”

“For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. a song: Heb. the words of a song wasted: Heb. laid us on heaps”

“How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? strange: Heb. land of a stranger?”

“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.”

“If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. my chief: Heb. the head of my joy”

“For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.”

“For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.”

“For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.”

“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? recovered: Heb. gone up?”

“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh: Heb. Who will give my head, etc”

“Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.”

“Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.”

“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.”

“We are orphans and fatherless , our mothers are as widows.”

“We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. is: Heb. cometh for price”

“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. Our: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted”

“We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.”

“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”

“Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.”

“We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”

“Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. terrible: or, terrors, or, storms”

“They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.”

“Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.”

“They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.”

“The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.”

“The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”

“The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! The: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen”

“For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.”

“Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.”

“Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.”

“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? so: Heb. for length of days?”

“Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.”

“But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. But: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?”

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

“Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.”

“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.”

“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. ordained: or, ordered”

“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: conversation: or, we live or conduct ourselves as citizens of heaven, or, for obtaining heaven”

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. in faith: Gr. according to faith”

“By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;”