Verse 7

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 109:4 : 4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
  • Eph 2:14-17 : 14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, 15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace; 16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
  • 1 Sam 24:9-9 : 9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?' 10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
  • 1 Sam 26:2-4 : 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
  • 2 Sam 20:19 : 19 I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?"
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.