Matthew 5:9

Peacemakers are blessed, for they will be called children of God. It commends those who make peace as resembling their heavenly Father.

Cross-references · 29

• Heb 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
• Jas 3:16–18For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
• Rom 12:18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
• Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• Ps 120:6Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
• Rom 8:14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
• Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
• Rom 14:17–19For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• Eph 5:1–2Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
• 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
• Jas 1:19–20My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
• Ps 122:6–8Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
• 2 Tim 2:22–24Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Ps 82:6–7I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
• Col 3:13Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
• Rom 14:1–7Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
• Matt 5:48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Phil 2:15–16so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
• Ps 34:12Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
• 1 Pet 1:14–16As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
• Phil 2:1–3Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
• 2 Cor 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
• Acts 7:26The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
• Matt 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Luke 20:36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
• 1 Chr 12:17And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
• Phil 4:2I urge Euodia and Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.
• 1 Cor 6:6Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!
• Eph 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

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