33 Bible Verses about No Peace
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When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.
For they do not speak in friendly ways,
but contrive deceitful schemes
against those who live peacefully in the land.
Do not drag me away with the wicked,
with the evildoers,
who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors
while malice is in their hearts.
“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness
the destroyers have come,
for the Lord has a sword that devours
from one end of the earth to the other.
No one has peace.
“For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathize with them, for I have removed My peace from these people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“as well as My faithful love and compassion.
My soul has been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness is.
So do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you will be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.”
They have not known the path of peace,
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.
Yes, this is what the Lord says:
We have heard a cry of terror,
of dread—there is no peace.
saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
For prior to those days neither man nor beast had wages. There was no safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I turned everyone against his neighbor.
and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it. But if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.
unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,
And I replied, “Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, ‘You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.’”
They have treated My people’s brokenness superficially,
claiming, “Peace, peace,”
when there is no peace.
They have treated superficially the brokenness
of My dear people,
claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
“Since they have led My people astray saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, for when someone builds a wall they plaster it with whitewash,
those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Have You completely rejected Judah?
Do You detest Zion?
Why do You strike us
with no hope of healing for us?
We hoped for peace,
but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing,
but there was only terror.
I said, “Oh no, Lord God, You have certainly deceived this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
This is what the Lord says
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,
who proclaim peace
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.
They keep on saying to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said: You will have peace.’ They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’”
As for the prophet who prophesies peace—only when the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the Lord has truly sent.”
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Do you think that I came here to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
