Here are 37 Bible verses about civilization, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Acts 17:30-31 KJV
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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Psalm 104:5 KJV
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
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Acts 2:40 KJV
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
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Micah 6:2 KJV
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
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Proverbs 16:1-33 KJV
1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits. 3 Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. …
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Proverbs 8:1-36 KJV
1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye …
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Psalm 147:1-20 KJV
1 Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. …
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Colossians 2:10-15 KJV
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. …
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Romans 2:14-16 KJV
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ …
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Acts 1:6-11 KJV
6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all …
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Daniel 2:1-49 KJV
1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my …
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Jeremiah 31:37 KJV
37 Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.
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Isaiah 45:1-25 KJV
1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures …
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Isaiah 40:22 KJV
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
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Isaiah 32:18-19 KJV
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
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Ezra 8:21-23 KJV
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and …
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Ephesians 3:10 KJV
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
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John 3:16-17 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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1 Kings 5:4 KJV
4 But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
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Genesis 19:1-38 KJV
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. …
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Revelation 1:1 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
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Ephesians 3:4 KJV
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
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Romans 2:5 KJV
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
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Acts 2:6 KJV
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
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Acts 1:5 KJV
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
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John 8:32 KJV
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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Micah 6:6 KJV
6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
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Daniel 2:5 KJV
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
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Jeremiah 31:5 KJV
5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
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Isaiah 40:5 KJV
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
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Isaiah 32:5 KJV
5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
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Proverbs 21:6 KJV
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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Proverbs 16:6 KJV
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
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Proverbs 8:6 KJV
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
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Psalm 147:6 KJV
6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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Ezra 8:5 KJV
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
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Genesis 7:1-24 KJV
1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. …