PEACE Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. GEN 13:8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Let's part company. If you go to the left, I'll go to the right; if you go to the right, I'll go to the left." 26:29 that you will do us no harm, just as we did not molest you but always treated you well and sent you away in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD." 45:24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way!" LEV 26:6 "'I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove savage beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. EST 10:3 Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews. JOB 5:23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. 24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing. 22:21 "Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you. 26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God. 34:29 But if he remains silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he is over man and nation alike, PSA 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. 17:15 And I--in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness. 25:12 Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him. 13 He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. 29:11 The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. 34:14 Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. 11 But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. 37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future for the man of peace. 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 85:8 I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints--but let them not return to folly. 119:65 Do good to your servant according to your word, O LORD. 120:6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. 7 I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war. 125:1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. 5 But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! PRO 3:17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. 24 when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 12:20 There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for those who promote peace. 14:14 The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good man rewarded for his. 15:17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred. 16:7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes even his enemies live at peace with him. 17:1 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. 14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out. 20:3 It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. ECC 4:6 Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. ISA 2:4 He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 11:6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. 7 The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest. 9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. 13 Ephraim's jealousy will vanish, and Judah's enemies will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim. 12:1 In that day you will say: "I will praise you, O LORD. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. 2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation." 25:7 On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; 8 he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. 12 LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. 27:5 Or else let them come to me for refuge; let them make peace with me, yes, let them make peace with me." 28:12 to whom he said, "This is the resting place, let the weary rest"; and, "This is the place of repose"--but they would not listen. 30:26 The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the LORD binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted. 32:2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. 17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever. 18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. 45:7 I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things. 48:18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea. 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 wounds we are healed. 54:1 "Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the LORD. 10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you. 13 All your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children's peace. 55:2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. 12 You will go out in 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. 57:1 The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. 2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. 19 creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them." 60:20 Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. JER 29:7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." 33:6 "'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. EZE 34:25 "'I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild beasts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety. HOS 2:18 In 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 move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety. HAG 2:9 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty." ZEC 8:19 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace." MAL 2:5 "My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. MAT 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. 10:21 "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 34 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- 36 a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' MAR 9:50 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other." LUK 1:79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace." 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." 29 "Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. JOH 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." 20:19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" ACT 7:26 The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?' 27 "But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, 'Who made you ruler and judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' 29 When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons. 10:36 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 17:7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus." 8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9 Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go. ROM 2:10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 8:6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 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!" 12:18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 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, 19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 33 The God of peace be with you all. Amen. 1CO 1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 14:33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints, 2CO 1:2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 13:11 Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you. GAL 1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, EPH 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 4:3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. PHI 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 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. COL 1:20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 1TH 1:1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you. 5:13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 2TH 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. 1TI 1:2 To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 2:2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 2TI 1:2 To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 2:22 Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. TIT 1:4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. PHM 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. HEB 12:14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. JAM 3:17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. 1PE 3:10 For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. 11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. REV 1:4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, Bible Bulletin Board internet: www.biblebb.com modem: 609-324-9187 Box 318 Columbus, NJ 08022 ....online since 1986 Sysop/Webmaster: Tony Capoccia