Bible Verses About Peace

verses for anxious minds and restless nights — 31 passages from our curated pool.

Peace in this collection has more than one direction. Some passages quiet a frightened person; others ask that person to make peace with someone else. That distinction matters: inward calm and repaired relationships can support each other, but one is not evidence that the other has happened.

Start with Isaiah 26:3 for steadiness of mind, Philippians 4:6 for prayer in anxiety, or Matthew 5:9 for the active work of peacemaking. Read the nearby verses before treating any one line as a technique or guarantee.

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Peace within you and peace between people

Psalm 46:10 is set inside upheaval, not a quiet-room exercise. Matthew 5:9 shifts the focus outward: peacemakers act. One passage can help you stop spiraling; another can ask you to initiate a truthful, nonviolent repair.

For a restless mind

Pair Philippians 4:6 with the next verse in its context. The movement is from named requests toward guarded heart and mind, not from distress toward instant numbness.

For a tense relationship

Proverbs 15:1 addresses the manner of a response. A gentle answer is not the same as hiding harm or abandoning a needed boundary.

What a peaceful feeling cannot prove

A feeling of calm does not by itself validate a decision, and ongoing anxiety does not prove a lack of faith. These verses are devotional reading, not a diagnostic tool. For a concrete decision, combine prayer with truthful information, wise counsel, and the responsibilities already in front of you; the guidance page develops that task.

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

Psalms 23:1

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Psalms 46:10

“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”

Psalms 56:3

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”

Psalms 91:1

“I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”

Psalms 34:4

“Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”

Psalms 55:22

“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”

Proverbs 15:1

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”

Isaiah 26:3

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”

Matthew 5:9

“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

Matthew 6:34

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Matthew 11:28

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”

Matthew 11:29

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”

John 14:1

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

John 14:27

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”

Romans 15:13

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”

Galatians 5:22

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”

Philippians 4:6

“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:7

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

Philippians 4:8

“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”

Colossians 3:15

“The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”

Exodus 14:14

“The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:”

Numbers 6:24

“Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.”

Psalms 62:1

“And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.”

Exodus 33:14

“And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.”

1 Kings 19:12

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

Isaiah 9:6

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”

Luke 2:14

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

Romans 8:1

“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

Galatians 5:23

“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”

James 3:17

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