Peace
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“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
“There is no peace,”
Says my God, “for the wicked.”
So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all.
Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.” ’
Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Peace denotes the wholeness, soundness, and well-being that characterizes God and that God created in the world. As peace was broken due to human sin, such well-being constitutes the hope for ultimate restoration by God.