peace
720 occurrences across the corpus
King James Version
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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.
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)
To whom Tobit said, Hold thy peace, take no care, for he is safe.
But she said, Hold thy peace, and deceive me not; my son is dead. And she went out every day into the way which they went, and did eat no meat on the daytime, and ceased not whole nights to bewail her son Tobias, until the fourteen days of the wedding were expired, which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. Then Tobias said to Raguel, Let me go, for my father and my mother look no more to see me.
O blessed are they which love thee, for they shall rejoice in thy peace: blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory, and shall be glad for ever.
Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;
So they sent ambassadors unto him to treat of peace, saying,
God be judge between us and you: for ye have done us great injury, in that ye have not required peace of the children of Assur.
Then said Ozias and the princes unto her, Go in peace, and the Lord God be before thee, to take vengeance on our enemies.
After that I became lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my authority, but carrying myself always with equity and mildness, I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life, and making my kingdom peaceable, and open for passage to the utmost coasts, to renew peace, which is desired of all men.
And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Moreover this was not enough for them, that they erred in the knowledge of God; but whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.
The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish; both which are the gifts of God: and it enlargeth their rejoicing that love him.
Be in peace with many: nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand.
What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?
A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace.
A sinful man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them that be at peace.
Curse the whisperer and doubletongued: for such have destroyed many that were at peace.
He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering.
Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?
Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.
Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him, that he should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his people, and that he and his posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever:
As is the fat taken away from the peace offering, so was David chosen out of the children of Israel.
Thy name went far unto the islands; and for thy peace thou wast beloved.
He grant us joyfulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in Israel for ever:
For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.
For thy name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God’s worship.
So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they offered burnt offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace.
But with them that were in Bethsura he made peace: for they came out of the city, because they had no victuals there to endure the siege, it being a year of rest to the land.
Now therefore let us be friends with these men, and make peace with them, and with all their nation;
So the king and the princes were content: wherefore he sent unto them to make peace; and they accepted thereof.
Now the Assideans were the first among the children of Israel that sought peace of them:
Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see you in peace.
Judas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us unto you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.
And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back again in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy:
Whereof when Jonathan had knowledge, he sent ambassadors unto him, to the end he should make peace with him, and deliver them the prisoners.
For said he, Let us first make peace with him, before he join with Alexander against us:
But with Alexander they were well pleased, because he was the first that entreated of true peace with them, and they were confederate with him always.
Afterward Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness.
Also they told the king whatsoever Jonathan had done, to the intent he might blame him: but the king held his peace.
Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us and the city.
With that they cast away their weapons, and made peace; and the Jews were honoured in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that were in his realm; and they returned to Jerusalem, having great spoils.
Afterward, when they of Gaza made supplication unto Jonathan, he made peace with them, and took the sons of their chief men for hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem, and passed through the country unto Damascus.
But they desired to have peace with him, which he granted them, and then put them out from thence, and took the city, and set a garrison in it.
The golden crown, and the scarlet robe, which ye sent unto us, we have received: and we are ready to make a stedfast peace with you, yea, and to write unto our officers, to confirm the immunities which we have granted.
And look who are meet among you to be in our court, let then be enrolled, and let there be peace betwixt us.
Insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and climbed upon the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
Then did they till their ground in peace, and the earth gave her increase, and the trees of the field their fruit.
He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy:
So they fled even unto the towers in the fields of Azotus; wherefore he burned it with fire: so that there were slain of them about two thousand men. Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace.
The brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea, wish unto the brethren, the Jews that are throughout Egypt health and peace:
And open your hearts in his law and commandments, and send you peace,
Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,
Who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves.
For Ptolemeus, that was called Macron, choosing rather to do justice unto the Jews for the wrong that had been done unto them, endeavoured to continue peace with them.
Thou shalt do well therefore to send unto them, and grant them peace, that when they are certified of our mind, they may be of good comfort, and ever go cheerfully about their own affairs.
But of the governors of several places, Timotheus, and Apollonius the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be quiet and live in peace.
Who accepted of it according to the common decree of the city, as being desirous to live in peace, and suspecting nothing: but when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no less than two hundred of them.
Whereupon there was a very sore battle; but Judas’ side by the help of God got the victory; so that the Nomades of Arabia, being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him otherwise.
Then Judas, thinking indeed that they would be profitable in many things, granted them peace: whereupon they shook hands, and so they departed to their tents.
Came to king Demetrius in the hundred and one and fiftieth year, presenting unto him a crown of gold, and a palm, and also of the boughs which were used solemnly in the temple: and so that day he held his peace.
Those of the Jews that he called Assideans, whose captain is Judas Maccabeus, nourish war and are seditious, and will not let the realm be in peace.
Wherefore he sent Posidonius, and Theodotus, and Mattathias, to make peace.
KJV Apocrypha (Eastern Orthodox Additions)
O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
And with that he held his peace. And all the people then shouted, and said, Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.
Threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.
The Highest shall stay the springs of the stream again, that they may go through: therefore sawest thou the multitude with peace.
Let your mercies quickly go before us. Grant us peace, that the downcast and broken hearted may praise you with their mouth.”
Loose, loose the unjust bonds! Send them to their homes in peace, begging pardon for what has been done.