Bible Verses About Peace

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

Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.

Starting a fight is like letting water through [a dike] -better stop the quarrel before it gets worse.

Avoiding quarrels brings a person honor; for any fool can explode in anger.

Better an armload with tranquillity than both arms full of effort and feeding on wind.

He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. Then they will hammer their swords into plow-blades and their spears into pruning-knives; nations will not raise swords at each other, and they will no longer learn war.

Efrayim's jealousy will cease - those who harass Y'hudah will be cut off, Efrayim will stop envying Y'hudah, and Y'hudah will stop provoking Efrayim.

My people will live in a peaceful place, in secure neighborhoods and tranquil dwellings.

I form light, I create darkness; I make well-being, I create woe; I, ADONAI, do all these things.

But there is no peace, says ADONAI, for the wicked.

Seek the welfare of the city to which I have caused you to go in exile, and pray to ADONAI on its behalf; for your welfare is bound up in its welfare.'

When horror comes, they will seek peace; but there will be none.

When that day comes, I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds in the air and the creeping things of the earth. I will break bow and sword, sweep battle from the land, and make them lie down securely.

"ADONAI-Tzva'ot says, 'The fast days of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months are to become times of joy, gladness and cheer for the house of Y'hudah. Therefore, love truth and peace.'

"How blessed are those who make peace! for they will be called sons of God.

"A brother will betray his brother to death, and a father his child; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.

Everyone will hate you because of me, but whoever holds out till the end will be preserved from harm.

"Don't suppose that I have come to bring peace to the Land. It is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword!

For I have come to set

a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, so that a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.

Salt is excellent, but if it loses its saltiness, how will you season it? So have salt in yourselves -- that is, be at peace with each other."

"In the highest heaven, glory to God! And on earth, peace among people of good will!"

When he appeared the next day, as they were fighting, and tried to make peace between them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers! Why do you want to hurt each other?’

the one who was mistreating his fellow pushed Moshe away and said, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

Do you want to kill me, the way you killed that Egyptian yesterday?’