TIMELESS Bible 10 – Nonviolence & Peace
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15 Bible Verses About Nonviolence & Peace
Matthew 5:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Romans 12:17-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Matthew 5:38-39 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
1 Peter 3:9-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
James 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Hebrews 12:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
Romans 14:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Luke 6:27-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
Matthew 26:52 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
Zechariah 8:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”
Isaiah 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes
He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
Proverbs 16:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes
When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Psalm 34:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.