Verse 7

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 109:4 : 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
  • Eph 2:14-17 : 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility. 15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death. 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 24:9-9 : 9 David got up afterward, went out of the cave, and called after Saul, 'My lord the king!' When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage. 10 David said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to the words of men who say, "David seeks your harm"?' 11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'
  • 1 Sam 26:2-4 : 2 So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, taking three thousand select men of Israel with him to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which faces the wilderness along the road, while David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had come into the wilderness after him, 4 David sent out spies and learned that Saul had definitely come.
  • 2 Sam 20:19 : 19 I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to devour the LORD's inheritance?"
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 God will hear and humble them—He who is enthroned from of old—Selah. They do not change and do not fear God.