Peace is directly offered throughout Scripture as the counterpart to fear, meant to displace it rather than coexist alongside it indefinitely. This page gathers verified verses on peace and fear.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 27:1
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalms 34:14
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 37:11
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Psalms 37:37
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms 91:5
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Proverbs 3:2
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:17
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Proverbs 3:25
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:8
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Isaiah 40:9
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
Isaiah 41:5
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Isaiah 41:13
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41:14
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isaiah 43:1
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
Isaiah 43:5
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Proverbs 31:21
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Isaiah 26:3
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
Isaiah 26:12
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Romans 10:15
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
John 14:27’s statement, “let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid,” directly pairs the gift of peace with a command against fear.
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Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Every verse gathered in Bible Verses About Peace and Fear was originally written as part of a larger passage, letter, or narrative. Reading a single verse on its own is genuinely useful, but if one particular verse stands out to you, it is worth taking a few extra minutes to read the surrounding chapter. Context rarely changes what a verse means, but it often deepens it.
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Every verse in Bible Verses About Peace and Fear is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses About Peace and Fear were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
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A handful of verses in Bible Verses About Peace and Fear tend to stand out more than the rest on repeated reading, though which ones stand out often differs from person to person. There is no wrong choice here — the verse that matters most is usually the one that speaks directly to whatever you are carrying at the time you read it.
Twenty verses is enough to give a genuine sense of how often Scripture returns to this subject, without becoming so long that no single verse gets the attention it deserves. Shorter lists risk missing important passages; much longer ones risk turning into a list nobody actually reads all the way through.
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Peace and fear are directly contrasted throughout Scripture, with peace offered as fear’s intended replacement.