The best Bible verses for foreign policy include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for foreign policy, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt."Isaiah 25:2
"You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt."Isaiah 25:2
"and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled."Isaiah 25:5
"I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.’"Isaiah 37:25
"I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God."Isaiah 43:12
"Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.” And let not any eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.”"Isaiah 56:3
"And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to serve him, to love the name of the Lord, and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant—"Isaiah 56:6
"“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion."Isaiah 60:10
"The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled;"Isaiah 62:8
"Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said, ‘It’s no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’"Jeremiah 2:25
"Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the Lord your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’” declares the Lord."Jeremiah 3:13
"and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);"Jeremiah 25:20
"all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the desert;"Jeremiah 25:24
"“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them."Jeremiah 30:8
"A sword against her horses and chariots and all the foreigners in her ranks! They will become women. A sword against her treasures! They will be plundered."Jeremiah 50:37
Scripture returns to foreign policy often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for foreign policy are Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 25:5, Isaiah 37:25. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to foreign policy across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for foreign policy, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.