Verse 7

I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.
  • Eph 2:14-17 : 14 For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, 15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; 16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. 17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
  • 1 Sam 24:9-9 : 9 And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour. 10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong? 11 Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.
  • 1 Sam 26:2-4 : 2 Then Saul went down to the waste land of Ziph, taking with him three thousand of the best men of Israel, to make search for David in the waste land of Ziph. 3 And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him. 4 And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
  • 2 Sam 20:19 : 19 Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.