150 Verses to find peace in silence and loneliness

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted amongst the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

“Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, 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 he who comes, or should we look for another?” For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them. God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God. Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me live in safety.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

In nothing be anxious, 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 understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” Behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake a fire passed; but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to enquire in his temple. For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

He said to them, “Come away into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

But he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.

“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long.

You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law. You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth. Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law. Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances. Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies. I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word. Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness. I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted amongst the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.” The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

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

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

He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,

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

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honourable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.

I will hear what God, the LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

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

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law, that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy. I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

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, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

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

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 burnt, and flame will not scorch you.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

For the LORD has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in them, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counsellor? Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing. Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering. All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him? A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it. “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus; But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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

Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says the LORD who has mercy on you.

When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

The LORD himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened, for the LORD sustains me.

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”

Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

and the LORD will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

I press on towards the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

A man’s steps are established by the LORD. He delights in his way. Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for the LORD holds him up with his hand.

Yes, in the way of your judgements, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul. With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple. The LORD’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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

But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.

The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.

In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain. The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.”

“Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honour prefer one another, not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind one towards another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits. Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honourable in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.” Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer. From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, 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 God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.