The Old Testament And Missions

• Genesis 12:1-3 (repeated in Gen. 18:18, 22:17-18, 26:24 and 28:12-14)
• Exodus 9:14-16 -- purpose of the plagues
• Exodus 19:6 -- Israel was to be a "kingdom of priests"
• Numbers 14:21 -- glory of Lord fills the whole earth
• Deuteronomy 4:6-8 -- show your understanding to the nations
• Deuteronomy 10:19 -- "You are to love those who are aliens"
• Deuteronomy 28:10 -- "all the peoples on the earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord"
• Deuteronomy 32:1 - "Hear, O earth, the words of my mouth."
• Joshua 4:24 -- "so that all the peoples of the earth might know"
• 1 Samuel 2:10 -- "The LORD will judge the ends of the earth."
• 1 Samuel 17:46 -- "the whole world will know there is a God in Israel"
• 1 Kings 8:41-43, 59-60 (also in 2 Chronicles 6:32-33) -- "so that all peoples of the earth may know your name" (Solomon's prayer at dedication of Temple)
• 2 Kings 19:15 -- "Hezekiah prayed . . . : O LORD, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth.'"
• 1 Chronicles 16:31 "Let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord reigns!'"
• 1 Chronicles 16:24 -- "Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples"
• 2 Chronicles 6:33 -- "so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you"
• Psalm 2:7-10 -- "You are my Son . . . I will make the nations your inheritance"
• Psalm 7:7-8 -- "Let the Lord judge the peoples"
• Psalm 8:9 -- "How majestic is your name in all the earth!"
• Psalm 18:49 -- "I will praise you among the nations"
• Psalm 22:26-28 -- "all the families of the nations will bow down"
• Psalm 19:1-4 -- "their words to the ends of the world"
• Psalm 22:27 -- "All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord"
• Psalm 24 -- "The earth is the Lord's"
• Psalm 33 -- "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord"
• Psalm 45:17 -- "The nations will praise you for ever and ever"
• Psalm 46:10 -- "I will be exalted among the nations"
• Psalm 47 -- "God reigns over the nations"
• Psalm 48:10 -- "Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth"
• Psalm 49:1 -- "Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world"
• Psalm 50 -- "From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets"
• Psalm 57 -- "I will sing of you among the peoples"
• Psalm 59:13 -- "It will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob."
• Psalm 65:5-8 -- "the hope of all the ends of the earth . . . where morning dawns and evening fades you call forth songs of joy"
• Psalm 66 -- "All the earth bows down to you . . . Praise our God, O peoples"
• Psalm 67 -- "your salvation among all peoples"
• Psalm 68:32 -- "Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth"
• Psalm 72 -- "all nations will serve him"
• Psalm 72:9 -- "the desert tribes will bow before him"
• Psalm 72:17, 19 -- "All nations will be blessed through him . . . May the whole earth be filled with his glory"
• Psalm 77:14 -- "you display your power among the peoples"
• Psalm 82 -- "all the nations are your inheritance"
• Psalm 83:18 -- "You alone are the Most High over all the earth."
• Psalm 86:8-13 -- all nations will come and worship
• Psalm 87 -- the register of the peoples
• Psalm 96 -- "sing to the Lord, all the earth . . . Declare his glory among the nations"
• Psalm 97 -- "The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice"
• Psalm 98:3 -- "All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God."
• Psalm 98:9 -- "He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity."
• Psalm 99:1-3 -- "He is exalted over all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name"
• Psalm 102:15 -- "The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory."
• Psalm 102:22 -- "when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the Lord"
• Psalm 105:1 -- "make known among the nations what He has done"
• Psalm 106:8 -- reason for dividing the Red Sea
• Psalm 108:3 -- "I will sing of you among the peoples"
• Psalm 108:5 -- "Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth."
• Psalm 110:6 -- "He will judge the nations,"
• Psalm 113:3 -- "From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised"
• Psalm 117 -- "Praise the Lord, all you nations"
• Psalm 126 -- "it was said among the nations"
• Psalm 135 -- "our Lord is greater than all gods"
• Psalm 138:4 -- "may all the kings of the earth praise you, O Lord"
• Isaiah 2:3 -- "Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.
• Isaiah 6:3 -- "They were calling to one another: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.'"
• Isaiah 11:9 -- "fill the earth with the knowledge of the Lord"
• Isaiah 11:10 -- "in that day a Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples, the nations . . ."
• Isaiah 12:4 -- "Make known among the nations what He has done"
• Isaiah 24:16 -- "From the ends of the earth we hear singing: Glory to the Righteous One.'"
• Isaiah 25:6 -- "the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples"
• Isaiah 42:4 -- "in His law the islands will put their hope"
• Isaiah 42:6 -- "I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles."
• Isaiah 34:1 -- "Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples!"
• Isaiah 37:16 -- "O Lord Almighty . . . , you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth."
• Isaiah 42:4 -- "He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope."
• Isaiah 43:6 -- "I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.'"
• Isaiah 45:6 -- "from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting men may know there is none besides me."
• Isaiah 45:22 -- "Turn to me . . . all you ends of the earth"
• Isaiah 49:1-6 -- "I will make you a light for the Gentiles"
• Isaiah 49:22 -- "The Sovereign Lord says: "See, I will beckon to the Gentiles, I will lift up my banner to the peoples."
• Isaiah 52:10 -- "The Lord will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God."
• Isaiah 56:7 -- "my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations"
• Isaiah 59:19 -- "From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere His glory."
• Isaiah 60:3 -- "Nations will come to your light"
• Isaiah 62:11 -- "The Lord has made proclamation to the ends of the earth"
• Isaiah 66:19 -- "They will proclaim my glory among the nations"
• Jeremiah 3:17 -- "All nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord"
• Jeremiah 16:19 To you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, "Our fathers possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good."
• Ezekiel 36:22-23 -- "The nations will know I am the Lord"
• Daniel 2:47; 4:1-2; 6:25 -- "Surely your God is the God of gods"
• Daniel 7:13, 14 -- "all peoples, nations and languages should serve Him"
• Jonah's story -- the missionary book of the Old Testament 
• Micah 1:2 -- "Hear, O peoples, all of you, listen, O earth and all who are in it."
• Micah 4:2 -- "Many nations will come"
• Micah 5:4 -- "His greatness will reach to the ends of the earth."
• Habbakuk 2:14 -- "The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the water cover the sea"
• Zephaniah 2:11 -- "Nations on every shore will worship him"
• Zephaniah 3:9 -- "Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord."
• Haggai 2:7 -- "Desire of all nations"
• Zechariah 2:11 -- "Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people"
• Zechariah 8:20-23 -- "Many peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come"
• Zechariah 9:10 -- "He will proclaim peace to the nations"
• Zechariah 14:9 -- "The Lord will be king over the whole earth."
• Malachi 1:10-11 -- "My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun"