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Bible Verses About Peace

The peace that surpasses understanding.

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  1. Deuteronomy 20:12

    “If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it.”

  2. Deuteronomy 23:6

    “You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.”

  3. Deuteronomy 27:7

    “You shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God.”

  4. Deuteronomy 29:19

    “and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.””

  5. Joshua 8:31

    “as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no one had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh and sacrificed peace offerings.”

  6. Joshua 9:15

    “Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.”

  7. Joshua 10:1

    “Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai. and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them.”

  8. Joshua 10:4

    ““Come up to me and help me. Let us strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.””

  9. Joshua 10:21

    “all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.”

  10. Joshua 11:19

    “There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.”

  11. Joshua 22:23

    “that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.”

  12. Joshua 22:27

    “but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;’ that your children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in Yahweh.’”

  13. Judges 4:17

    “However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.”

  14. Judges 6:23

    “Yahweh said to him, “Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die.””

  15. Judges 6:24

    “Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.”

  16. Judges 8:9

    “He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.””

  17. Judges 11:13

    “The king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore that territory again peaceably.””

  18. Judges 11:31

    “then it shall be, that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.””

  19. Judges 18:6

    “The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.””

  20. Judges 18:15

    “They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.”

Frequently asked

Questions about peace in the Bible

What does the Bible say about peace?
Jesus gives a peace "not as the world gives" (John 14:27) — peace that holds inside trouble, not outside it. Philippians 4:6-7 promises peace that surpasses understanding, given as a guard around the heart when worry is prayed instead of carried.
Which Bible verse calms anxiety?
Philippians 4:6-7 and Isaiah 26:3 ("perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee") are the two most-shared peace verses for anxious moments.
How can I find peace in difficult times?
Scripture is consistent: bring the worry to God (1 Peter 5:7), with thanksgiving (Philippians 4:6), one day at a time (Matthew 6:34). The peace is given as a gift, not generated by clearer thinking.