149 Bible verses about Calmness

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Come to me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me: for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places;

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

Therefore be not anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he will strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

And he said, My presence shall attend thee, and I will give thee rest.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:

Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye will have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thy iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD, shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

For he that hath entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.)

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called children of God.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

From the end of the earth will I cry to thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me on all sides.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth, is not made perfect in love.

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

And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts:

And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ:

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Which of you by anxious care can add one cubit to his stature?

And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away, and be at rest.

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget thee.

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised:

The LORD is my strength, and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drouth, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath revived me.

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins: return to me; for I have redeemed thee.

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Great peace have they who love thy law: and nothing shall cause them to stumble.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing earnest in prayer;

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shade of thy wings.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

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

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

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

The LORD is nigh to all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves of the sea are still.

Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he bringeth them to their desired haven.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

And if we know that he heareth us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired from him.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to publish good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

For in the time of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail;

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.

For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

The Spirit itself testifieth with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Let him shun evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

As the mountains are round Jerusalem, so the LORD is around his people from henceforth even for ever.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is wasted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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.

The LORD is nigh to them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious; long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.

For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

We love him, because he first loved us.

Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:

Who will change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like to his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called to the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

But thou art the same, and thy years will have no end.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and highth.

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.