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And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
Leviticus 26:6 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB “‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
  • KJV And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
  • NKJV I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid; I will rid the land of evil beasts, and the sword will not go through your land.
  • NASB I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down, with no one to make you afraid. I shall also eliminate harmful animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.
  • NLT “I will give you peace in the land, and you will be able to sleep with no cause for fear. I will rid the land of wild animals and keep your enemies out of your land.

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Quick answer

God promises peace, safety from fear, removal of dangerous beasts, and freedom from war. He gives true and undisturbed peace.

Overview

Peace here is the comprehensive shalom of life ordered rightly under God: safety in sleep, freedom from predators, and no invading sword. It is God's gift, not a human achievement. This peace anticipates the peace Christ secures, reconciling sinners to God and ultimately bringing the new creation where no harm remains.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 34

  • Isa 35:9No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
  • Zeph 3:13The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
  • Ps 147:14He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
  • Jer 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  • Hag 2:9The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
  • Ps 29:11The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
  • Ezek 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
  • Hos 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
  • Ezek 14:15Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
  • Job 11:19You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
  • Exod 23:29I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
  • Ps 127:1–2A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
  • 2 Kgs 17:25–26Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
  • Ps 85:8I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
  • 1 Chr 22:9But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
  • Mic 4:4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
  • Ps 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
  • John 14:27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
  • Zech 9:10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
  • Ezek 5:17I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”
  • Ezek 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
  • 2 Kgs 2:24Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
  • Ps 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
  • Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  • Isa 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
  • Acts 12:6On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
  • Rom 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Jer 31:26At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
  • Ezek 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
  • Prov 3:24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
  • Job 5:23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
  • Prov 6:22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
  • Lev 26:22I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
  • Phil 4:7–9And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Christ at the center

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