Blessed {are} the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

For my love they are my adversaries: but I {give myself unto} prayer.

Follow peace with all {men}, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition {between us};

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against {them that are} quiet in the land.

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.

I {am one of them that are} peaceable {and} faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. {broken: Heb. profaned}

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

Which imagine mischiefs in {their} heart; continually are they gathered together {for} war.

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, {that} all the people {that is} found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

{Is} not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if {thou wilt take} the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if {thou depart} to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, {till every one} submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people {that} delight in war. {the company...: or, the beasts of the reeds} {scatter...: or, he scattereth}

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: