65 passages · Salvation
Abram proposes peaceful separation and offers Lot first choice. Lot picks the well-watered Jordan plain and settles near Sodom, whose people are wicked.
At Beersheba God reassures Isaac, who builds an altar. Abimelech comes seeking a peace agreement, having seen that God is with Isaac, and they swear an oath and share a feast.
Jacob selects large herds of animals as gifts for Esau and sends them ahead in separate groups, telling the servants what to say, hoping to appease his brother. He sends his family over the ford that night.
Jacob bows before Esau seven times, but Esau runs, embraces him, and they weep. Jacob introduces his family and urges Esau to accept his gift, saying that seeing Esau's face is like seeing God's face.
God gives Aaron and his sons words to bless Israel, asking that the LORD bless, keep, show favor and give peace, and so put His name on them.
God grants Phinehas a covenant of peace and lasting priesthood for his zeal. The slain pair are named Zimri and Cozbi, and God commands Moses to attack the Midianites for seducing Israel.
Phinehas and the chiefs accept the explanation, and the Israelites give up the idea of war. The eastern tribes name the altar Witness.
Abigail quickly loads donkeys with bread, wine, meat, grain, raisins and figs and sends them ahead without telling Nabal. Meanwhile David, riding toward her, has just vowed to kill every male of Nabal's household by morning.
Abigail bows, takes the blame on herself, and calls Nabal a fool. She offers her gift, credits the LORD with restraining David, and says that a future without needless bloodshed will spare him guilt.
Abner asks Joab to end the killing of fellow Israelites and Joab blows the horn to stop the pursuit. Davidʼs side lost 20 men, Abner's 360, and Asahel is buried in Bethlehem.
Abner offers David a covenant, and David asks for Michal to be returned to him. Abner persuades Israel's elders and Benjamin, then visits David at Hebron, where David feasts him and sends him off in peace.
Joab besieges the city where Sheba took refuge, and a wise woman persuades him to spare it. The people give up Sheba's head, and Joab returns to Jerusalem.
Judah and Israel are numerous and content, and Solomon rules from the Euphrates to Egypt. His daily provisions and horses are listed, and each man lives securely under his own vine and fig tree.
Hiram of Tyre sends greetings, and Solomon replies that now that there is peace he plans to build a temple as God promised David. He asks for cedar logs and offers wages.
Ben-hadad's servants come in sackcloth to plead for his life. Ahab calls him brother, makes a treaty, and lets him go.
Elisha's servant sees the hills full of fiery horses and chariots after Elisha prays. Elisha then has the Arameans struck with blindness, leads them to Samaria, and persuades the king to feed them and send them home, ending the raids.
The defeated Arameans bring reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates, but David crosses the Jordan and routs them and kills their commander Shophach. Hadadezer's former allies make peace and stop helping Ammon.
David tells Solomon he wanted to build the temple, but the LORD said no because he had shed much blood. Instead a son of rest and peace, Solomon, would build it.
Rehoboam gathers 180,000 warriors to retake the northern tribes. God sends the prophet Shemaiah to tell them not to fight their brothers, and they turn back.
Asa removes his grandmother Maacah as queen mother for making an Asherah pole, and destroys the pole. He restores dedicated items to God's house, and there is no war until his thirty-fifth year.
On the fourth day the people bless the LORD in the Valley of Beracah and return joyfully to the temple with instruments. Surrounding kingdoms fear God and Jehoshaphat's kingdom has rest.
Many ask who can show them good, but the psalmist asks the LORD to let His face shine on them. He says God has given him deeper joy than a good harvest, and he will lie down in peace because God keeps him safe.
The LORD sits enthroned over the flood as King forever. He gives strength to His people and blesses them with peace.
The psalm invites people to see how God stops wars by breaking weapons. God speaks, calling all to be still and know that he is God, exalted over the nations, and the refrain repeats.
The psalmist listens for God's answer and expects peace for the faithful. He describes loving devotion, faithfulness, righteousness and peace meeting as the land yields its increase.
The speaker laments dwelling in far-off Meshech and Kedar, long among those who hate peace. He wants peace, but when he speaks they are for war.
The psalmist urges people to pray for Jerusalem's peace and security, and he pledges to seek its good for the sake of his people and the house of the LORD.
Peace and quiet is better than a feast with strife. The LORD tests hearts, and mocking the poor insults their Maker, while a bribe seems to work like a charm.
Isaiah sees a future day when all nations go up to the LORD's house to learn His ways, and He settles their disputes so that swords become plowshares. He then urges Jacob to walk in that light.
Gloom in Zebulun and Naphtali will be replaced by a great light, joy and freedom from oppression. A child will be born to take the throne of David and rule forever with justice and peace.