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149 Bible verses about Calmness
“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
and said to Him, “Are You the One who is to come, or shall we look for someone else?”
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety.
He who abides in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
No evil will befall you, And no plague will come near your tent.
¶For He will command His angels concerning you, To guard you in all your ways.
On their hands they will bear you up, Lest you strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the fierce lion and cobra, The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.
¶“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will protect him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.
“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him.
“With a long life I will satisfy him And I will show him My salvation.”
I will say to Yahweh, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”
And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and security forever.
Then my people will live in a peaceful abode, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places;
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
¶Be still in Yahweh and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.
¶Cast your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired; They will walk and not become weary.
“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Surely my soul waits in silence for God; From Him is my salvation.
Do not trust in oppression And do not put vain hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
¶Once God has spoken; Twice I have heard this: That strength belongs to God;
And that to You, O Lord, belongs lovingkindness, For You repay a man according to his work.
Surely He is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
For thus Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your might.” But you were not willing,
I have set Yahweh continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will make you mighty, surely I will help you; Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”
Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually give you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!
¶Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, For the salvation of His presence.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land without water.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
“For you will go out with gladness And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Bless Yahweh, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits;
Bless Yahweh, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
Bless Yahweh, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will.
Bless Yahweh, all you works of His, In all places of His rule; Bless Yahweh, O my soul!
Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;
Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
Those who trust in Yahweh Are as Mount Zion, which will not be shaken but will abide forever.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body, and be thankful.
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The fear of Yahweh leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, not visited by evil.
For Yahweh God is a sun and shield; Yahweh gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk blamelessly.
Yahweh is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strong defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition
For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Make sure that your way of life is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”
so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”
Hear my cry of lamentation, O God; Give heed to my prayer.
From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
I lay down and slept; I awoke, for Yahweh sustains me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who all around have set themselves against me.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish—ever; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
¶Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
When I am afraid, I will trust in You.
In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?
“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not dread; For Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Each will be like a refuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry country, Like the shade of a huge rock in a weary land.
Even now Lord Yahweh helps Me, Therefore, I am not dishonored; Therefore, I have set My face like flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
And which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his life span?
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
They are satisfied from the richness of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.
“Can a woman forget her infant And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
¶Surely wait in silence for God, O my soul, For my hope is from Him.
Surely He is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Yahweh is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.
I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
“For I am Yahweh your God, who strongly takes hold of your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’
“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh And whose trust is Yahweh.
“And he will be like a tree planted by the water, That sends forth its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor refrain from yielding fruit.
The name of Yahweh is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is set securely on high.
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
Let your considerate spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.
“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a cloud. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
¶As for God, His way is blameless; The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Yahweh, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works.
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord,
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
And the ransomed of Yahweh will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting gladness upon their heads. They will attain delight and gladness, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.
He caused the storm to stand still, So that its waves were hushed.
And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He led them to their desired haven.
And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.
“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The Spirit of Lord Yahweh is upon me Because Yahweh has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners,
¶I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; My soul will rejoice in my God, For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its branches, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to branch out, So Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise To branch out before all the nations.
To proclaim the favorable year of Yahweh And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all who mourn,
To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a headdress instead of ashes, The oil of rejoicing instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory.
For in the day of calamity He will conceal me in His shelter; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.
When you lie down, you will not be in dread; You will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,
encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and confirmed and one which enters within the veil,
“For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says Yahweh who has compassion on you.
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¶But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You.
And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; The fear of Yahweh is his treasure.
And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and security forever.
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
For, “The one who desires life, to love and see good days, Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
“He must turn away from evil and do good; He must seek peace and pursue it.
Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
equip you in every good thing to do His will, by doing in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So Yahweh surrounds His people From now until forever.
Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
For our momentary, light affliction is working out for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill all your good pleasure for goodness and the work of faith with power,
so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear Yahweh and turn away from evil.
It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones.
For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
But now, thus says Yahweh, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will laud You.
Thus I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by His working through which He is able to even subject all things to Himself.
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will pursue me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of Yahweh forever.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to obtain an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, having been kept in heaven for you,
who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
¶Make me know Your ways, O Yahweh; Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; In You I hope all the day.
that He would give you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being firmly rooted and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.