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Peace in the Bible

Shalom, rest, and peace with God and neighbour.

762 King James verses match this subject. The chapters below hold the heaviest concentration of them, so you can read each passage where it actually sits.

Chapters to read

Matched on the words themselves in the King James text. Where a word is also a name, it can point to more than one person or place, so read the chapter to see which.

Job 34 VERSES

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

Isaiah 322 VERSES

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Numbers 713 VERSES

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Leviticus 712 VERSES

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

1 Chronicles 222 VERSES

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

Ezra 45 VERSES

Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.

Hebrews 48 VERSES

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Isaiah 575 VERSES

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

2 Kings 157 VERSES

And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Kings 95 VERSES

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

1 Kings 226 VERSES

And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

Esther 96 VERSES

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

2 Chronicles 145 VERSES

And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

Isaiah 623 VERSES

For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

Isaiah 143 VERSES

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Colossians 13 VERSES

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

1 Thessalonians 53 VERSES

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

2 Samuel 35 VERSES

And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

Luke 102 VERSES

And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

Numbers 304 VERSES

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

1 Kings 24 VERSES

And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

Jeremiah 472 VERSES

O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

Job 112 VERSES

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

2 Chronicles 202 VERSES

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

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