Bible verses about peace
The verse most quoted about peace promises it in the same breath as trouble, and means both. These passages are set out with a sentence on each — the peace made with God, and the harder business of keeping it with people.
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. — John 14:27 · WEB
A promise about remembering, a peace unlike the world's, and a hard sentence about the Father being greater.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. — Philippians 4:7 · WEB
The alternative to worry is not calm but a transaction — and what is promised back is a garrison.
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — Romans 5:1 · WEB
The first therefore cashes the doctrine into possessions — peace, access, standing — and then builds a chain from suffering to a hope that cannot embarrass.
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. — Isaiah 26:3 · WEB
A city whose walls are salvation, and a mind kept steady because it is leaning on something.
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, Yahweh, make me live in safety. — Psalm 4:8 · WEB
An evening prayer that answers the question everyone is asking, and answers it with a face rather than with goods.
For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. — Isaiah 9:6 · WEB
Light arrives first in the province that had suffered longest, and the government is put on the shoulders of an infant.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful. — Colossians 3:15 · WEB
Peace is given an office, the word is given a residence, and everything a person does is put under one name.
So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up. — Romans 14:19 · WEB
The pursuit is peace and building, liberty goes quiet for a brother's sake, and in this numbering the letter's doxology stands here.
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. — Romans 12:18 · WEB
The ethic turns outward to enemies, vengeance is returned to its owner, and the chapter ends with evil conquered by feeding it.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, — Hebrews 12:14 · WEB
The exhausted are told to straighten the path for the lame behind them, and Esau stands as the warning about trades that cannot be reversed.
Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace. — Psalm 29:11 · WEB
A thunderstorm crosses the country from the sea to the desert, and the psalm counts the thunderclaps.
for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints. — 1 Corinthians 14:33 · WEB
A remarkably participatory meeting is regulated by limits, turns, and silence — and the prophets are told their own spirits are under their control.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — Galatians 5:22 · WEB
The counterpart to fifteen works is one fruit with nine qualities, and the closing line observes that no law stands against any of them.
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Thessalonians 5:23 · WEB
A prayer for the whole person, kept whole until the coming — and the one who calls is the one who will do it.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. — Matthew 5:9 · WEB
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it. — Psalm 34:14 · WEB