After you begin studying Bible verses on peace, you begin to realize that that there are three kinds of peace. There is…
- Peace with God
- Peace from God
- Peace with others
Peace with God refers to reconciliation with Him through His Son Jesus Christ. Because of Christ’s work on the cross, He can save us and give us peace with Himself. This is all through faith.
Peace from God refers to what the believer has in his spirit, what he experiences from day to day because of God is with the believer. See if you can discern which verses are peace from God or peace with God. (Hint: most are peace either peace from God or peace with others).
Top 15 Bible Verses on Peace
Psalm 4:8
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 119:165
Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
Isaiah 26:3
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Matthew 5:9
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
John 14:27
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.
John 16:33
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.”
Romans 8:6
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
Ephesians 4:3
eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Philippians 4:6–7
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:9
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
Hebrews 12:14
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
James 3:18
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
More Bible Verses on Peace
Leviticus 26:6
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 6:25–26
25 the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26 the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:26
the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Job 22:21
“Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.
Psalm 4:8
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 85:10
Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Psalm 119:165
Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
Proverbs 3:13–18
13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, 14 for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. 15 She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. 16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.
Proverbs 3:24
If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Ecclesiastes 3:8
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
Isaiah 2:4
He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
Isaiah 26:3
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 32:17
And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
Isaiah 32:18
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Isaiah 41:10
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.
Isaiah 48:22
“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
Isaiah 53:5
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.
Isaiah 54:13
All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Jeremiah 29:11
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.
Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.
Malachi 2:5
My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.
Matthew 5:9
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Matthew 6:25–26
25 “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? 26 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?
Matthew 6:34
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Mark 9:50
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.”
Luke 1:79
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 2:14
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
John 14:1–4
1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 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? 3 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. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”
John 14:27
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.
John 16:33
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.”
John 20:19
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.”
Acts 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
Romans 8:6
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
Romans 12:17
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
Romans 14:17–19
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:33
May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
1 Corinthians 1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
Ephesians 2:14
For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
Ephesians 4:3
eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 6:15
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
Philippians 4:6–7
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:9
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
1 Timothy 2:1–2
1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
2 Timothy 1:7
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
2 Timothy 2:22
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Philemon 3
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 12:14
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
James 3:18
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
1 Peter 1:2
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.
1 Peter 3:10
For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
1 Peter 5:6–7
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.