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You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
  • KJV Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
  • BSB You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
  • NASB “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.
  • NLT You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

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Quick answer

God keeps in perfect peace the one whose mind is steadfastly fixed on Him because he trusts. Settled trust in God yields lasting peace.

Overview

The steadfast mind, anchored on God, is guarded in complete peace. The condition is wholehearted trust in the Lord. This beloved promise points to the peace Christ gives, which guards the hearts of those who rest their confidence in Him.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Phil 4:7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
  • John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
  • John 14:27Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
  • Jer 17:7–8“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
  • Ps 9:10Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
  • Rom 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Ps 85:7–8Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your salvation.
  • Rom 4:18–21Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
  • Isa 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
  • Eph 2:14–16For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
  • Isa 9:6–7For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Mic 5:5He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
  • 2 Chr 16:8Weren’t the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? Yet, because you relied on Yahweh, he delivered them into your hand.
  • Isa 57:19–21I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
  • 2 Chr 13:18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
  • 1 Chr 5:20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was answered them, because they put their trust in him.
  • Isa 48:2(for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name):
  • Isa 50:1Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 26:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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