963 verses about Peace

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

For he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God. We have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.

There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.

The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.

He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’”

and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.”’”

Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, you people, all of you!”

Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and may Yahweh be with the good.”

and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Yahweh says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed because of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’”

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword.

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

“Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes won’t see all the evil that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.”’” They brought back word to the king.

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who live in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace.

They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace.

The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons. Don’t take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’

When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.

So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes.”

In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it like waters that have passed away.

Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?

“Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

“Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.

when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,

We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

His soul shall dwell at ease. His offspring shall inherit the land.

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”

For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.

There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.