100 Bible Verses about Peace

John 16:33 ESV / 2,601 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

2 Thessalonians 3:16 ESV / 2,356 helpful votes

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2,100 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 1,756 helpful votes

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

John 14:27 ESV / 1,588 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 1,532 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Romans 12:18 ESV / 1,420 helpful votes

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Colossians 3:15 ESV / 1,411 helpful votes

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Psalm 4:8 ESV / 1,382 helpful votes

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Hebrews 12:14 ESV / 1,244 helpful votes

Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 1,207 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Romans 8:6 ESV / 1,118 helpful votes

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Psalm 119:165 ESV / 1,019 helpful votes

Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 1,014 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

James 3:18 ESV / 995 helpful votes

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 988 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:1 ESV / 942 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 34:14 ESV / 909 helpful votes

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 906 helpful votes

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

1 Peter 3:11 ESV / 887 helpful votes

Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 29:11 ESV / 867 helpful votes

May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 779 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 690 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Proverbs 12:20 ESV / 685 helpful votes

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan peace have joy.

Proverbs 16:7 ESV / 683 helpful votes

When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Philippians 4:9 ESV / 660 helpful votes

What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Isaiah 54:10 ESV / 660 helpful votes

For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

Matthew 10:34-36 ESV / 646 helpful votes

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.

2 Corinthians 13:11 ESV / 605 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 4:3 ESV / 596 helpful votes

Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 586 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

James 3:17 ESV / 579 helpful votes

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 578 helpful votes

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

Romans 14:19 ESV / 576 helpful votes

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Isaiah 52:7 ESV / 545 helpful votes

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

Jude 1:2 ESV / 541 helpful votes

May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Numbers 6:24-26 ESV / 504 helpful votes

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Romans 16:20 ESV / 499 helpful votes

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 472 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Psalm 85:8 ESV / 471 helpful votes

Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.

Luke 2:14 ESV / 470 helpful votes

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 455 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

1 Peter 3:10-11 ESV / 431 helpful votes

For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

1 Peter 3:9-11 ESV / 425 helpful votes

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

Isaiah 55:12 ESV / 419 helpful votes

“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Isaiah 53:5 ESV / 409 helpful votes

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

Hebrews 12:11 ESV / 370 helpful votes

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 352 helpful votes

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 32:17 ESV / 350 helpful votes

And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 346 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Romans 12:17-21 ESV / 335 helpful votes

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 14:17 ESV / 333 helpful votes

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Proverbs 20:3 ESV / 330 helpful votes

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 16:32 ESV / 325 helpful votes

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 312 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 296 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Isaiah 26:12 ESV / 274 helpful votes

O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works.

Psalm 37:37 ESV / 274 helpful votes

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 269 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV / 267 helpful votes

See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

Leviticus 26:6 ESV / 242 helpful votes

I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and the sword shall not go through your land.

Numbers 6:26 ESV / 241 helpful votes

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

James 2:14-24 ESV / 236 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ...

John 14:1-31 ESV / 233 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ...

Romans 12:17 ESV / 224 helpful votes

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

Job 22:21 ESV / 221 helpful votes

“Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.

Romans 15:33 ESV / 216 helpful votes

May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Proverbs 3:1-2 ESV / 215 helpful votes

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

Isaiah 54:13 ESV / 213 helpful votes

All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 206 helpful votes

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Luke 1:79 ESV / 202 helpful votes

To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Hebrews 13:20-21 ESV / 200 helpful votes

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Romans 1:7 ESV / 200 helpful votes

To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 9:31 ESV / 200 helpful votes

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

1 Thessalonians 3:1-5:28 ESV / 194 helpful votes

Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know. For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain. ...

Matthew 6:25-34 ESV / 193 helpful votes

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ...

Proverbs 12:1-20:30 ESV / 192 helpful votes

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns. No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved. An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. ...

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 183 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ...

Mark 9:50 ESV / 182 helpful votes

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Jeremiah 33:6 ESV / 181 helpful votes

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.

John 20:19 ESV / 180 helpful votes

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Matthew 5:1-9:38 ESV / 180 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Romans 5:1-2 ESV / 176 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Isaiah 52:1-57:21 ESV / 176 helpful votes

Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For thus says the Lord: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.” For thus says the Lord God: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing. Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and continually all the day my name is despised. ...

Ephesians 2:14 ESV / 175 helpful votes

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility

Philippians 4:1-23 ESV / 172 helpful votes

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; ...

Proverbs 17:1 ESV / 165 helpful votes

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Isaiah 32:18 ESV / 163 helpful votes

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

Psalm 85:10 ESV / 154 helpful votes

Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

John 16:1-33 ESV / 151 helpful votes

“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ...

Isaiah 48:22 ESV / 151 helpful votes

“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

John 3:16 ESV / 142 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 140 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Matthew 10:34 ESV / 138 helpful votes

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Proverbs 20:1-23:35 ESV / 135 helpful votes

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. ...

Numbers 6:25-26 ESV / 135 helpful votes

The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

1 Peter 1:2 ESV / 131 helpful votes

According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Isaiah 57:21 ESV / 129 helpful votes

There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 124 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Romans 8:2 ESV / 123 helpful votes

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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