149 Bible verses about peace in the midst of the storm

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

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.\par

{\b For the Chief Musician. {\i A Psalm} of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.}\par\par\tab God is our refuge and strength,\par\tab A very present help in trouble.Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change,\par\tab And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seasThough the waters thereof roar and be troubled,\par\tab Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {\i Selah\par

Thou wilt keep {\i him} in perfect peace, {\i whose} mind {\i is} stayed {\i on thee}; because he trusteth in thee.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High\par\tab Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress;\par\tab My God, in whom I trust.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and {\b ye shall find rest unto your souls.}For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.}\par

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.}\par

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

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee:\par\tab He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, {\i even} to them that are called according to {\i his} purpose.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,\par\tab I will fear no evil; for thou art with me;\par\tab Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, {\b I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.}So that with good courage we say,\par\tab {\b The Lord is my helper; I will not fear:\par\tab What shall man do unto me?}\par

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

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,\par\tab And lean not upon thine own understanding:In all thy ways acknowledge him,\par\tab And he will direct thy paths.

{\b {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Jehovah is my light and my salvation;\par\tab Whom shall I fear?\par\tab Jehovah is the strength of my life;\par\tab Of whom shall I be afraid?

I sought Jehovah, and he answered me,\par\tab And delivered me from all my fears.

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.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

{\b For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab My soul waiteth in silence for God only:\par\tab From him {\i cometh} my salvation.He only is my rock and my salvation:\par\tab {\i He is} my high tower;\par\tab I shall not be greatly moved.

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

He will cover thee with his pinions,\par\tab And under his wings shalt thou take refuge:\par\tab His truth is a shield and a buckler.Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night,\par\tab Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

but they that wait for Jehovah 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.\par

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

What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, {\i even} Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.}\par

For thou hast been my help,\par\tab And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.My soul followeth hard after thee:\par\tab Thy right hand upholdeth me.

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

Great peace have they that love thy law;\par\tab And they have no occasion of stumbling.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Even as it is written,\par\tab {\b For thy sake we are killed all the day long;\par\tab We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.}Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that 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 creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\par

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help {\i us} in time of need.\par

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

I have set Jehovah always before me:\par\tab Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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

{\i we are} pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;

What then shall we say to these things? If God {\i is} for us, who {\i is} against us?

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father:but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

{\b A Song of Ascents.}\par\par\tab I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:\par\tab From whence shall my help come?My help {\i cometh} from Jehovah,\par\tab Who made heaven and earth.

Be still, and know that I am God:\par\tab I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come {\i with} vengeance, {\i with} the recompense of God; he will come and save you.\par

Wait for Jehovah:\par\tab Be strong, and let thy heart take courage;\par\tab Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.\par

Thou art my hiding-place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble;\par\tab Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {\i SelahI will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:\par\tab I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.That which my Father hath given unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch {\i them} out of the Father's hand.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me\par\tab Thy comforts delight my soul.

For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

Commit thy way unto Jehovah;\par\tab Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, 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:

And he saith unto them, {\cf6 Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?} Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear:\par\tab What can man do unto me?

And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

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

Why art thou cast down, O my soul?\par\tab And {\i why} art thou disquieted within me?\par\tab Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him\par\tab {\i For} the help of his countenance.\par

Blessed {\i be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage,\par\tab All ye that hope in Jehovah.\par

let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower;\par\tab The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

{\b A Song of Ascents.}\par\par\tab They that trust in Jehovah\par\tab Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,\par\tab So Jehovah is round about his people\par\tab From this time forth and for evermore.

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

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:\par\tab Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

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

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.\par

But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, {\cf6 Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.}

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart,\par\tab And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

which we have as an anchor of the soul, {\i a hope} both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;

(for we walk by faith, not by sight);

{\b For the Chief Musician; {\i set to} Al-tashheth. {\i A Psalm} of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.}\par\par\tab Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me;\par\tab For my soul taketh refuge in thee:\par\tab Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge,\par\tab Until {\i these} calamities be overpast.I will cry unto God Most High,\par\tab Unto God that performeth {\i all things} for me.

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:\par\tab I hope in thy word.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Therefore I say unto 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,\par\tab A high tower in times of trouble;And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee;\par\tab For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;\par\tab My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;\par\tab My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:\par\tab In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me;\par\tab He will lift me up upon a rock.

But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice,\par\tab Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:\par\tab Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, {\cf6 I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.}

So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.

Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab I waited patiently for Jehovah;\par\tab And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay;\par\tab And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Jesus Christ {\i is} the same yesterday and to-day, (yea) and for ever.

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,\par\tab And his righteousness unto children's children;To such as keep his covenant,\par\tab And to those that remember his precepts to do them.

So belief {\i cometh} of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:\par\tab Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Jehovah is my strength and song;\par\tab And he is become my salvation.The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous:\par\tab The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.The right hand of Jehovah is exalted:\par\tab The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

Unless thy law had been my delight,\par\tab I should then have perished in mine affliction.I will never forget thy precepts;\par\tab For with them thou hast quickened me.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of {\i God's} own possession, unto the praise of his glory.\par

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.\par

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

I laid me down and slept;\par\tab I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people\par\tab That have set themselves against me round about.

But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed {\i are ye}: {\b and fear not their fear, neither be troubled};

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep;\par\tab For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.\par

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,unto him {\i be} the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.\par

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,\par\tab My lips shall praise thee.So will I bless thee while I live:\par\tab I will lift up my hands in thy name.

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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

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 fields shall clap their hands.

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for {\i us} with groanings which cannot be uttered;

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of {\i our} faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;\par\tab But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil {\i one}.

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious,\par\tab Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.}\par

If I take the wings of the morning,\par\tab And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;Even there shall thy hand lead me,\par\tab And thy right hand shall hold me.

But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil {\i one}.

Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah:\par\tab Jehovah answered me {\i and set me} in a large place.Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear:\par\tab What can man do unto me?

For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me:\par\tab Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, {\i endureth} for ever;\par\tab Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, {\i art} in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;\par\tab What can man do unto me?

Keep thy heart with all diligence;\par\tab For out of it are the issues of life.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

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

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

Show me thy ways, O Jehovah;\par\tab Teach me thy paths.Guide me in thy truth, and teach me;\par\tab For thou art the God of my salvation;\par\tab For thee do I wait all the day.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

But Jehovah hath been my high tower,\par\tab And my God the rock of my refuge.

{\cf6 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

A man's goings are established of Jehovah;\par\tab And he delighteth in his way.Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;\par\tab For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.\par

My soul, wait thou in silence for God only;\par\tab For my expectation is from him.He only is my rock and my salvation:\par\tab {\i He is} my high tower;\par\tab I shall not be moved.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing {\i I do}, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before.I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come {\i with} vengeance, {\i with} the recompense of God; he will come and save you.\par

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.\par

For this God is our God for ever and ever:\par\tab He will be our guide {\i even} unto death.\par

Nevertheless I am continually with thee:\par\tab Thou hast holden my right hand.Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel,\par\tab And afterward receive me to glory.Whom have I in heaven {\i but thee}?\par\tab And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.My flesh and my heart faileth;\par\tab {\i But} God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.\par

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.