Peace
124 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
38 sections
- Abimelech
- Abraham
- Advantages of
- Blessedness of
- Blessedness of Promoting
- David
- Exhort Others To
- God Bestows Upon Those Who: Endure his Chastisements
- God Bestows Upon Those Who: Obey Him
- God Bestows Upon Those Who: Please Him
- God is the Author of
- Ministers should Exhort To
- Mordecai
- Necessary to the Enjoyment of Life
- Pray for That of the Church
- Results From: Heavenly Wisdom
- Results From: Praying for Rulers
- Results From: Seeking the Peace of Those with Whom we Dwell
- Results From: The Government of Christ
- Saints should Cultivate
- Saints should Endeavour to Have Will all Men
- Saints should Follow
- Saints should Follow the Things Which Make For
- Saints should Have, with Each Other
- Saints should Live In
- Saints should Love
- Saints should Seek
- Saints should Speak
- Shall Abound in the Latter Days
- Social
- Spiritual
- The Church Shall Enjoy
- The Fruit of Righteousness should be Sown In
- The Wicked: Enjoy Not
- The Wicked: Hate
- The Wicked: Hypocritically Speak
- The Wicked: Opposed To
- The Wicked: Speak Not
Abimelech
- Genesis 26:29 that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
Abraham
- Genesis 13:8–9 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen. …
Advantages of
- Proverbs 17:1 Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Blessedness of
- Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
Blessedness of Promoting
- Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
David
- Psalm 120:7 I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
Exhort Others To
- Genesis 45:24 Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
God Bestows Upon Those Who: Endure his Chastisements
- Job 5:17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Job 5:23–24 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. …
God Bestows Upon Those Who: Obey Him
- Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
God Bestows Upon Those Who: Please Him
- Psalm 16:7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
God is the Author of
- Psalm 147:14 He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
- Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
- 1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace— as in all the churches of the saints.
Ministers should Exhort To
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12 We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
Mordecai
- Esther 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
Necessary to the Enjoyment of Life
- Psalm 34:12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
- Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- 1 Peter 3:10–11 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. …
Pray for That of the Church
- Psalm 122:6–8 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper. …
Results From: Heavenly Wisdom
- James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
Results From: Praying for Rulers
- 1 Timothy 2:2 for kings and all those in authority— so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
Results From: Seeking the Peace of Those with Whom we Dwell
- Jeremiah 29:7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Results From: The Government of Christ
- Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
Saints should Cultivate
- Psalm 120:7 I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
Saints should Endeavour to Have Will all Men
- Romans 12:18 If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
- Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Saints should Follow
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Saints should Follow the Things Which Make For
- Romans 14:19 So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
Saints should Have, with Each Other
- Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:13 In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
Saints should Live In
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
Saints should Love
- Zechariah 8:19 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
Saints should Seek
- Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- 1 Peter 3:11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
Saints should Speak
- Esther 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
Shall Abound in the Latter Days
- Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Isaiah 11:13 Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
- Isaiah 32:18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
Social
- Genesis 45:24 Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
- Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
- Job 5:23–24 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. …
- Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- Psalm 120:6–7 Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. …
- Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
- Proverbs 12:20 Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
- Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Proverbs 16:7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
- Proverbs 17:1 Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- Proverbs 17:14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 20:3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
- Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
- Jeremiah 29:7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
- Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Zechariah 8:19 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
- Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- Matthew 10:21–22 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. …
- Matthew 10:34–36 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. …
- Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- Acts 7:26–29 The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’ …
- Acts 17:7–9 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!” …
- Romans 12:18 If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
- Romans 14:19 So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
- 1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace— as in all the churches of the saints.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Ephesians 4:3 and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:13 In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
- 1 Timothy 2:2 for kings and all those in authority— so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- James 3:17–18 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. …
- 1 Peter 3:10–11 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. …
Spiritual
- Job 22:21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- Job 22:26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
- Job 34:29 But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
- Psalm 1:1–2 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. …
- Psalm 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Psalm 25:12–13 Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. …
- Psalm 29:11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
- Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- Psalm 37:11 But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
- Psalm 37:37 Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Psalm 73:25–26 Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. …
- Psalm 85:8 I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
- Psalm 119:165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
- Psalm 125:1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
- Psalm 125:5 But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Proverbs 3:13–18 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, …
- Proverbs 3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 11:6–9 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. …
- Isaiah 11:13 Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
- Isaiah 12:1–2 In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me. …
- Isaiah 25:7–8 On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; …
- Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Isaiah 26:12 O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
- Isaiah 27:5 Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.”
- Isaiah 28:12 to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
- Isaiah 30:26 The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter— like the light of seven days— on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
- Isaiah 32:2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
- Isaiah 32:17–18 The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. …
- Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
- Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- Isaiah 54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
- Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
- Isaiah 54:13 Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Isaiah 55:2 Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
- Isaiah 55:12 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Isaiah 57:1–2 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil. …
- Isaiah 57:19 bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- Isaiah 60:20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Jeremiah 33:6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Ezekiel 34:25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Haggai 2:9 The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
- Malachi 2:5 “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
- Luke 1:79 to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
- Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- John 7:38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- John 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- John 20:19 It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
- Acts 10:36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
- Romans 2:10 but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
- Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 8:6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
- Romans 10:15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
- Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:33 The God of peace be with all of you. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Galatians 1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Ephesians 2:14–17 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility …
- Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
- Colossians 1:20 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
- Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
- 1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Titus 1:4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- Philemon 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 1:4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,
The Church Shall Enjoy
- Psalm 125:5 But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Psalm 128:6 that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
- Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
The Fruit of Righteousness should be Sown In
- James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
The Wicked: Enjoy Not
- Isaiah 48:22 “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
- Ezekiel 7:25 Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
The Wicked: Hate
- Psalm 120:6 Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
The Wicked: Hypocritically Speak
- Psalm 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
The Wicked: Opposed To
- Psalm 120:7 I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
The Wicked: Speak Not
- Psalm 35:20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.