Matthew 5:9

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

Note: Definition of peace

Similar Old Testament Verses

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.

Proverbs 3:17-18 (“Her” refers to wisdom.)

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 34:14

There are six things that the LORD hates…

… one who sows discord among brothers

Proverbs 6:16,19

There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 57:21

Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.

Psalm 140:1-2

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!

Psalm 133:1

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, … continually sowing discord.

Proverbs 6:12,14

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:1

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 15:18

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 16:28

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 17:14

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:27

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 19:13

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 20:3

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 21:9 and 25:24

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

Proverbs 21:19

Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”

Proverbs 26:18-19

As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife

Proverbs 26:21

You are sons of the LORD your God …

Deuteronomy 14:1

But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Isaiah 64:8

For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.

Isaiah 63:16

They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation. Do you thus repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?

Deuteronomy 32:5-6

I said, How I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.

Jeremiah 3:19

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”

Hosea 1:10

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