149 Bible verses about Calmness

The leaders of the peoples have been gathered together by the God of Abraham. For the strong gods of the earth have been exceedingly exalted.

Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

"Are you he who is to come, or should we expect another?"

For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light."

Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.

And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.

Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of virtue. He himself is the King of Glory.

For he has founded it upon the seas, and he has prepared it upon the rivers.

Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord? And who will stand in his holy place?

The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.

By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.

Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.

A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.

For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies will perish, and all those who work iniquity will be dispersed.

And my horn will be exalted like that of the single-horned beast, and my old age will be exalted in fruitful mercy.

And my eye has looked down upon my enemies, and my ear will hear of the malignant rising up against me.

The just one will flourish like the palm tree. He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon.

Those planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, and they will endure well,

so that they may announce that the Lord our God is righteous and that there is no iniquity in him.

It is good to confess to the Lord and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High:

And the work of justice will be peace. And the service of justice will be quiet and secure, forever.

And my people will be seated in the beauty of peacefulness, and in the tabernacles of faithfulness, and in the opulence of restfulness.

Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.

I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.

Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow; for the future day will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil."

A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea.

Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.

They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes.

Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.

O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.

Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.

In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.

For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: If you return and are quiet, you shall be saved. Your strength will be found in silence and in hope. But you are not willing!

Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: and may he fall into that very snare.

And the Lord said, "My face will precede you, and I will give you rest."

For the prudence of the flesh is death. But the prudence of the spirit is life and peace.

For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.

From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,

Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones.

These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world."

Then may the Lord of peace himself give you an everlasting peace, in every place. May the Lord be with all of you.

The Lord has heard, and he has been merciful to me. The Lord has become my helper.

Let peace arrive. Let he who has walked in his righteousness find rest on his bed.

There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.

Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

For you will go forth rejoicing, and you will be led forward in peace. The mountains and the hills will sing praise before you, and all the trees of the countryside will clap their hands.

you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent.

You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it.

The young lions will roar, while searching for and seizing their meal from God.

The sun arose, and they were gathered together; and in their dens, they will lie down together.

Man will go forth to his work and to his activities, until the evening.

How great are your works, O Lord! You have made all things in wisdom. The earth has been filled with your possessions.

This sea is great and its hands are spacious. There are creeping things without number: the small animals with the great.

There, the ships will pass by this sea-serpent that you have formed to mock them.

All these expect you to give them food in due time.

What you give to them, they will gather. When you open your hand, they will all be filled with goodness.

But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust.

You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds.

You will send forth your Spirit, and they will be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.

May the glory of the Lord be for all ages. The Lord will rejoice in his works.

He considers the earth, and he makes it tremble. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

I will sing to the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God, as long as I am.

May my speech be pleasing to him. Truly, I will take delight in the Lord.

Let sinners fade away from the earth, along with the unjust, so that they may not be. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

You make your Angels a breath of life, and your ministers a burning fire.

You founded the earth upon its stable base. It will not be bent from age to age.

A Canticle in steps. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, we became like those who are consoled.

And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful.

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you through all things, so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved without blame unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The fear of the Lord is unto life. And he shall linger in plentitude, without being visited by disaster.

Mercy and truth have met each other. Justice and peace have kissed.

A Psalm of David himself. To you, Lord, I will cry out. My God, do not be silent toward me. For if you remain silent toward me, I will become like those who descend into the pit.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.

For he is our peace. He made the two into one, by dissolving the intermediate wall of separation, of opposition, by his flesh,

They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,

and God will be exalted. The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds,

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, "I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you."

So then, we may confidently say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me."

Unto the end. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy. The sons of men are liars in the scales, so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.

Do not trust in iniquity, and do not desire plunder. If riches flow toward you, do not be willing to set your heart on them.

God has spoken once. I have heard two things: that power belongs to God,

and that mercy belongs to you, O Lord. For you will repay each one according to his works.

Will my soul not be subject to God? For from him is my salvation.

I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, and he has heard me from his holy mountain.

I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.

Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.

My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.

And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.

I will cry out to God Most High, to God who has been kind to me.

He sent from heaven and freed me. He has surrendered into disgrace those who trampled me. God has sent his mercy and his truth.

Behold, God is my savior, I will act faithfully, and I will not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation."

And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.

He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth,

Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

And a man will be like someone hidden from the wind, who conceals himself from a storm, or like rivers of waters in a time of thirst, or like the shadow of a rock that juts out in a desert land.

The Lord God is my helper. Therefore, I have not been confounded. Therefore, I have set my face like a very hard rock, and I know that I will not be confounded.

Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.

And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?

And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?

All day long, they curse my words. All their intentions are for evil against me.

Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way, with the man who does injustice.

Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious.

Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.

Behold, I have engraved you on my hands. Your walls are always before my eyes.

For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor the present things, nor the future things, nor strength,

nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name.

Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips.

Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope, without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.

The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire.

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without me, you are able to do nothing.

For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, for the Lord will be his confidence.

And he will be like a tree planted beside waters, which sends out its roots to moist soil. And it will not fear when the heat arrives. And its leaves will be green. And in the time of drought, it will not be anxious, nor will it cease at any time to bear fruit.

The name of the Lord is very strong tower. The just one rushes to it, and he shall be exalted.

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say, rejoice.

Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is near.

I have wiped away your iniquities like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, because I have redeemed you.

Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.

in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;

You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.

Lord, you will give us peace. For all our works have been wrought for us by you.

Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.

The earth was shaken, and it trembled. The foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and they were shaken, because he was angry with them.

"Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation.

He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God.

My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.

And the redeemed of the Lord will be converted, and they will return to Zion with praising. And everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and rejoicing. For pain and sorrow will flee away.

Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.

And this is the confidence which we have toward God: that no matter what we shall request, in accord with his will, he hears us.

And we know that he hears us, no matter what we request; so we know that we can obtain the things that we request of him.

But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.

All ends of the earth, be converted to me, and you will be saved. For I am God, and there is no other.

Therefore, let us go forth with confidence toward the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy, and find grace, in a helpful time.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the meek, so as to heal the contrite of heart, to preach leniency to captives and release to the confined,

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, and my soul will exult in my God. For he has clothed me with the vestments of salvation, and he has wrapped me in the clothing of justice, like a groom arrayed with a crown, and like a bride adorned with her jewels.

For as the earth brings forth its seedlings and the garden produces its seeds, so will the Lord God bring forth justice and praise in the sight of all the nations.

and so to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vindication of our God: to console all who are mourning,

to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.

Since they have not understood the works of the Lord and the works of his hands, you will destroy them, and you will not build them up.

When you slumber, you shall not fear. When you rest, your sleep also will be sweet.

And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: "Abba, Father!"

exhort your hearts and confirm you in every good word and deed.

And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.

This we have as an anchor of the soul, safe and sound, which advances even to the interior of the veil,

For the mountains will be moved, and the hills will tremble. But my mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of my peace will not be shaken, said the Lord, who has compassion on you.

Do not be afraid, little flock; for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.

I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.

So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that glory may inhabit our land.

Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.

And there will be faith in your times: the riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. For the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

And the work of justice will be peace. And the service of justice will be quiet and secure, forever.

For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will.

For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God.

For whoever wants to love life and to see good days should restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, so that they utter no deceit.

Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Then may the God of peace, who led back from the dead that great Pastor of sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the blood of the eternal testament,

equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.

Then our mouth was filled with gladness and our tongue with exultation. Then they will say among the nations: "The Lord has done great things for them."

For you will give him as a blessing forever and ever. You will make him rejoice with gladness in your presence.

He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

Let them be confounded and in awe, who pursue my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded, who think up evil against me.

For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.

For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure.

And we are contemplating, not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporal, whereas the things that are not seen are eternal.

I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.

For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings.

For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Because of this, too, we pray always for you, so that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may complete every act of his goodness, as well as his work of faith in virtue,

in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, in accord with the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil.

Certainly, it shall be health to your navel, and refreshment to your bones.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king.

And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.

Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us.

You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.

For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,

But our way of life is in heaven. And from heaven, too, we await the Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ,

who will transform the body of our lowliness, according to the form of the body of his glory, by means of that power by which he is even able to subject all things to himself.

God is faithful. Through him, you have been called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

This is the generation that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has regenerated us into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

unto an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, which is reserved for you in heaven.

By the power of God, you are guarded through faith for a salvation which is ready to be revealed in the end time.

For all those who have called upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you through all things, so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved without blame unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He who has called you is faithful. He shall act even now.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.

I have not sat with the council of emptiness, and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice.

I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious.

And I ask him to grant to you to be strengthened in virtue by his Spirit, in accord with the wealth of his glory, in the inner man,

so that Christ may live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity.

So may you be able to embrace, with all the saints, what is the width and length and height and depth

of the charity of Christ, and even be able to know that which surpasses all knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.