Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
7 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “peace” →
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
When a man’s ways please the LORD , he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
