Verse collection
Bible verses about peace
Twelve verses for a quiet heart, shortest first. The Bible talks about three peaces: peace with God, the peace of God, and peace with people, and it has verses for all three.
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Every verse below is quoted from the Berean Standard Bible with a line of context. If the noise tonight is worry specifically, the verses for anxiety have their own page. Pick a short one here and learn it by heart in about five days.
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Peace as something chased, not awaited. Peter quotes this line to the early church.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
From the Beatitudes. The blessing is on making peace, an active trade, and the reward is a family resemblance.
If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
The Bible's most realistic peace verse: it concedes that peace is not always possible and assigns you only your part.
The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
The last line of a psalm that is all thunderstorm until here. Strength and peace arrive as a pair.
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Peace kept, guarded like a city, for the mind that keeps returning to trust.
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
The Bible's bedtime verse, and the best first memorization on this page: recite it at lights-out and let sleep do the consolidating.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Peace with God: not a feeling but a standing, already settled. The other peaces grow from this one.
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
Paul's closing blessing: peace at all times and in every way, from the Lord of it Himself.
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!
Peace and tribulation promised in the same sentence, the night before the cross. Neither cancels the other.
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.
Jesus' bequest to His friends: not peace in general but My peace, handed over like an inheritance.
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.
The Christmas verse, and peace is its final title. Handel set it to music; congregations have known it by heart for centuries.
‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
The priestly blessing, spoken over congregations for three thousand years, and it ends on the word peace. Many families speak it over children at bedtime.
Word counts use this site's counting rule in the Berean Standard Bible. Each reference links to the verse in its chapter.
Peace you can recite
Psalm 4:8 was written to be said lying down, and the five-step method agrees with it: a calm run-through at bedtime is when verbal memory consolidates best. Learn it this week, and consider Numbers 6:24-26 next; a blessing memorized is a blessing you can give away, nightly.
Questions
What is a good Bible verse about peace?
John 14:27 is the fullest: Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. Philippians 4:6-7, on the anxiety page, pairs peace with prayer; Psalm 4:8 is the classic bedtime verse; and Numbers 6:24-26 is the blessing spoken over congregations for three thousand years.
What kinds of peace does the Bible talk about?
Three, and they are different: peace with God (Romans 5:1, a settled standing), the peace of God (Philippians 4:7, a felt guard on heart and mind), and peace with people (Romans 12:18, pursued as far as it depends on you). Knowing which one a verse is about is half of understanding it.
Which of these verses should I memorize first?
Psalm 4:8: eighteen words, and its bedtime subject matches the method, since a calm run-through before sleep is when verbal memory consolidates best.
Half remember a different verse?
The words don't need to match exactly, just type what you remember.