You Need
These Books
If you want to participate in the Prince of Peace Coaching Program in 2015, you really should own these books. It is possible to get by without possessing the "hard copy," as the material is available on the web for free, but experience has shown that sitting down with the book in front of you, and possibly underlining text or writing notes in the margin, enhances learning.
 
You can download a free
pdf copy of this book
at the author's website:
www.capitalism.net
Other books we'll be referring to:
Prince of Peace
Liberty Under God
"Prince" is a royal, civic, or political title.
"Peace" is ultimately a religious concept.
The Prince of Peace commands us to "Love thy neighbor."
Peace is not possible as long as everyone thinks he is his own god.
Jean-Paul Sartre said, "If God is dead, then my neighbor is the Devil."
When nobody believes he is god, and nobody rationalizes the use of force against you, then Peace is the result.
"Peace" is the result of "Liberty." Liberty means freedom from the initiation of force.
"Liberty Under God" is the opposite of "the separation of church and state." "Liberty Under God" means the abolition of church and state. Another way to speak of "Liberty Under God" is to use the two most hated and feared words in the modern political lexicon:
Anarchy || Theocracy
We call it:
Anarcho-Theocracy
Some less religious folks call it:
Anarcho-Capitalism
But we promote "the true religion" of Jesus the Prince of Peace. America was once a "Christian nation," a nation "under God," The word "Theocracy," means "God governs," or "God rules." Being ruled by a just, holy, merciful, and loving God like The Prince of Peace is the only path to a peaceful world. A Christian "Theocracy" is nothing like a "theocracy" in which the god is warlike, or a secular theocracy where man is his own god and The State is the manifestation of man's power and deity. |
Prince of Peace Coaching is a one-year online study program guaranteed to transform you into a peacemaker and follower of the Prince of Peace. You will read the five most important works in the history of Western Civilization, and you will come out on the other side a radical pacifist and anarchist.
Some critics say this is a program of "brainwashing." We call it "cult deprogramming."
Which of the following propositions do you think would be easier to prove:
- A young Hebrew named Mary gave birth to a boy she named Jesus. She had never had sex before, and the boy was in fact conceived by the Holy Spirit, and was actually the infinite and eternal God in human flesh.
- God created Moses, David, Solomon, Isaiah, Micah, Daniel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, and others to write and speak exactly the words God wanted them to write, so that these words could be collected into "The Bible," which is the inerrant Word of God.
- You are a brainwashed member of a homicidal authoritarian cult.
Number Three would be the easiest one to prove. Every single person who signed the Declaration of Independence -- great minds like Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Benjamin Rush, and John Witherspoon -- would look at the world in which you live, and the actions you take -- and fail to take -- and conclude that you are not a true American, not a true Christian, and a very dysfunctional human being. They called a comparatively benign government a "tyranny" and risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to abolish it. The Boston Tea Party involved a tax on tea of three pence per pound; you pay ten times more on every
gallon of gas. Despite nearly universal opposition to a trillion-dollar bailout of Wall Street, Congress approved the transfer of $3,000 from every man, woman, and child in America to large insurance and investment firms, proving that we have massive taxation without representation.
If True Americans declare their independence from officially Christian and functionally limited governments like Great Britain in 1776, and label such a government a "tyranny," then our government today is an unimaginably evil atheistic and totalitarian regime.
But you say nothing. You do nothing. You are a member of a violent authoritarian cult that deceives its members into mindless obedience and "drinking the kool-aid" or killing those who refuse to drink. After de-programming through Prince of Peace Coaching, you will look at the entire world -- every area of life -- in a completely different way.
The personal transformation will be massive -- unlike anything you have ever experienced in your life. The next 365 days will be the most pivotal, revolutionary days of your life, or we will refund 100% of your tuition.
Human beings are hard-wired by their Creator to prefer peace over violence. Sometimes we resort to violence against others to secure peace for ourselves. This does not bring peace in the long-run or for the greatest number.
Unimaginable Violence
The Human Race may be at a crossroads. During the 20th century, an average of 10,000 people were intentionally killed every single day. This figure does not include babies killed before they were born (approx. 135,000 per day). This figure is limited to those who were killed by entities known as "governments," and does not include "murders" committed by "private sector" criminals. During this century, trillions of dollars of private property were confiscated by governments around the world. Governments wield the power of taxation and the power of life and death. Nuclear weapons now give governments
the power to make the entire human race extinct.
Many people really don't oppose this kind of global violence.
Some environmentalists believe billions of human beings must be liquidated to save the environment.
Some Christians believe billions of human beings are about to be fried in a nuclear "Armageddon."
Many Americans are willing to kill millions of brown-skinned people in order to secure cheap oil.
More children were killed by the United States in Iraq than were killed in Hiroshima by an atomic bomb. Most Americans support all or most of the U.S. wars in the Middle East.
Violent war-making governments are made up of people just like you and me, and are supported by people like you and me. We need a new vision of the future and a new standard of personal morality. That's why change must begin with us.
In complete and utter contrast to today's atheistic war machines, the Bible holds out a vision of peace, and says it will come about when individuals like you and me give up violence. This prospect is called "unrealistic" and "impractical." "The War to End All Wars" was viewed as a sophisticated foreign policy, conceived and supported by University Presidents and World Leaders. But it didn't. Violence will not end violence. This is why the Bible urges us to beat our "swords into plowshares."
Consider this passage:
Micah 4:1-7
And it will come about in the last days
That the mountain of the House of the LORD
Will be established as the chief of the mountains
And it will be raised above the hills
And the peoples will stream to it.
And many nations will come and say,
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD
And to the House of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths."
For from Zion will go forth the Law
Even the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
And He will judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, distant nations.
Then they will hammer their
swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation
And never again will they train for war.
And each of them will sit under his
Vine and under his fig tree,
With no one to make them afraid.
For the LORD of hosts has spoken.
Though all the peoples walk
Each in the name of his god,
As for us, we will walk
In the Name of the LORD our God
forever and ever.
In that day, saith the LORD,
will I assemble her that halteth,
and I will gather her that is driven out,
and her that I have afflicted;
And I will make her that halted a
remnant,
and her that was cast far off a strong nation:
and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion
from henceforth, even for ever.
[See also Isaiah 2:2-5]
If you're honest, you'll admit you're attracted to the Biblical ideal of mankind beating swords into plowshares, and everyone dwelling safely and securely under his own "Vine & Fig Tree." America's Founding Fathers were. Micah's vision was the original American Dream.
But those who plan wars and support them tell you that this vision is "too idealistic."
You're still reading because you want to be a force for peace rather than war, killing, and destruction.
You're here because you suspect that war is a racket.
If you believe war is necessary, and that peace would be impossible without trillion-dollar armies, you're welcome here too.
- In a sense, all of us have been trained to believe that war is necessary. Even those of us who have read what the Bible says about peace [see sidebar, right] and believe in our minds that peace is Man's summum bonum -- highest good -- find it hard to
- Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14)
- and easier to follow orders and participate in war.
It's hard to stand alone against the crowd.
PrinceofPeaceCoaching is designed to give you the skills, the courage, and the worldview needed to resist war and follow the Prince of Peace.
A Biblical worldview is the first step in following Christ the King. A worldview helps you connect the dots.
Courage comes when you -- or someone backing you up -- have the skills to overcome that which you fear. These skills come at the end of a long arduous process of training. (Some might even call it "brainwashing.") Completing that training requires a view of the world that convinces you that peace is possible, that war is not inevitable, and that peacemaker training is not a waste of time.
PrinceofPeaceCoaching is designed to give us all a worldview that sustains our work for peace, the skills to be a peacemaker, and the courage to face an enemy that is profitable and cloaked in patriotism: the business of war.
When we reject the ways of war and vengeance in our government, we can no longer deceive ourselves into thinking that because the government does it, we can do it in our own lives. This helps us become better husbands and wives, better parents, better teachers, better employers, and better neighbors.
Vine & Fig Tree - "The American Dream"
- What is "The American Dream?"
- Is it to work two jobs so that more than half of everything you earn can be taken by the government and given to special interests and causes you don't agree with?
- Is it to build a home and fill it with memories only to have it seized by politicians whose campaign contributors want to build a strip mall on your property?
- Is it paying low prices at the gas pump because Washington D.C. is willing to invade other nations, overthrow their governments, prop up pliable dictatorships, and kill millions of innocent civilians in order to control their oil?
- Is it a 6% 30-year mortgage with a fixed rate? ("Wow! A fixed rate!")
No. None of these are the original American dream. They would all be considered a nightmare by America's Founders.
What motivated the Founding Fathers? What caused them to risk so much -- their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor?
Answer: the idea of every American owning his own "vine and fig tree," free and clear, and dwelling in safety and peace, without being molested by princes or politicians, lawyers or tax collectors.
America's Founding Fathers Knew This Dream
According to the Library of Congress Website, George Washington was motivated by the Vine & Fig Tree vision revealed in the Bible:
No theme appears more frequently in the writings of Washington than his love for his land. The diaries are a monument to that concern. In his letters he referred often, as an expression of this devotion and its resulting contentment, to an Old Testament passage. After the Revolution, when he had returned to Mount Vernon, he wrote the Marquis de Lafayette on Feb. 1, 1784:
"At length my Dear Marquis I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, & under the shadow of my own Vine & my own Fig-tree."
This phrase occurs at least 11 times in Washington's letters.
"And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree" (2 Kings 18:31).
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The phrase occurs a number of times in Scripture. These references are visual reminders of the Hebrew word for salvation, which means
peace,
wholeness,
health,
welfare, and
private property free from pirates and princes.
It is also a phrase from the prophet Micah, this idea of everyone owning property and enjoying the fruits of their labor without fear of theft or political oppression, of sitting peacefully under your "Vine & Fig Tree."
Washington mentioned some other aspects of the Vine and Fig Tree vision in a letter he wrote to Franηois Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux, April 25, 1788:
for the sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished, that the manly employment of agriculture and the humanizing benefits of commerce, would supersede the waste of war and the rage of conquest; that the swords might be turned into plough-shares, the spears into pruning hooks, and, as the Scripture expresses it, "the nations learn war no more."
Those are the words of the Prophet Micah. Peter Lillback, author of a 1,000-page study of Washington's life and thought , has found more than 40 references to the Vine and Fig Tree vision in Washington's Papers.
Many other American Founders wrote of this ideal. "Vine & Fig Tree" is the original "American Dream."
When
today's Americans hear the word "salvation," they usually think about going to heaven when they die. When the writers of the Bible used the word "salvation," they wanted you to be thinking about dwelling safely under your own Vine & Fig Tree during this life -- much more often than they wanted you to be thinking about what you'll be doing in the afterlife.
Few Americans today have heard the phrase "Vine & Fig Tree," but it sums up the American Dream as it was dreamed 200 years ago. A few highly-educated scholars and historians might recognize the phrase, but you would draw a blank from the "man on the street." A few people living in New York might have a glimmer of recognition. The prophecy from Isaiah, Micah's contemporary, is memorialized in a United Nations garden. Needless to say, our idea of "Vine & Fig Tree" did not come from the U.N.
Nor did any Americans in the past get the "Vine & Fig Tree" idea from the United Nations. And the interesting thing is, many Americans once had the "Vine & Fig Tree" idea. The Bible was better understood by most Americans 200 years ago than it is today.
Absolutely essential to everyone dwelling safely under his own Vine & Fig Tree, according to the Bible, is this:
Then they will hammer their
swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation
And never again will they train for war.
We beat our swords into plowshares because we are willing to be governed by the Prince of Peace:
And He will judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, distant nations.
"Vine & Fig Tree" is a worldview. Explore the "Vine & Fig Tree" worldview in more detail here. It is also the character traits, habits and interpersonal skills that allow people to live in peace in their ordinary lives.
Both the Republicans and Democrats have completely forgotten the original American Dream, and neither party has any idea how to achieve it.
The American Dream: An Impossible Dream?
You might think that this dream -- owning your own property free and clear, no mortgage, no IRS liens, no property taxes, and no fear of invaders or conquerors -- is a "pipe dream." You might think it's an impossible dream. But nearly every human being who settled in America soon realized this dream, or had every realistic hope that in a few years this dream would be lived by children or grandchildren. Two hundred years ago, nearly all Americans lived this dream. It can be attained again, but only if we stop believing the false promises of politicians and stop believing that this dream can become reality simply by voting for Washington D.C. to violently confiscate it from others and hand it to us on a silver platter.
Why Should I Sign Up?
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Hebrews 12:14
This program is not just about peace, narrowly considered. It is about a holistic Christian life. It is about holiness. It is about standing before your Maker and hearing this:
Well done, thou good and faithful servant
(Matthew 25:21)
rather than this:
You wicked, lazy slave! (Matthew 25:26)
or even the words of Samuel Adams:
- If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquillity of servitude than
the animating contest of freedom
go from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains sit lightly upon you, and
may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!
Americans today are slaves and warmongers -- slaves in the eyes of America's Founding Fathers who fought for liberty, and warmongers in the eyes of the Prince of Peace.
We are no longer "the land of free and the home of the brave." Free: we are owned by the banks and enslaved by millions of bureaucrats;
Brave: we are conformists, afraid to take a politically incorrect public stand.
This coaching program will show you why this is true, and transform you into
- an extraordinary American
- an extraordinary Christian, and
- an extraordinary Human Being.
Our goal is to persuade you to embrace three of the most controversial -- if not hated -- ideas in the world today:
- Theocracy - A World Governed by the Prince of Peace
- Pacifism - A World Governed by the Prince of Peace
- Anarchism - A World Free of Would-Be Princes
A follower of The Prince of Peace rejects earthly princes of war.
Alcoholics Anonymous requires its members to confess their shortcomings. We are like "Warmongers Anonymous." We must start with our own warlike habits.
Every single person who signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution would say this about you:
You are a victim of
Educational Malpractice.
You have been systematically deprived of the three things that every single person who signed the Constitution would say are a necessary part of a basic American education. These three things are specifically mentioned in America's Organic Law. But you were never taught that America's Organic Law consists of the most fundamental charters of America's government. Now that you know what the "Organic Law" is, you still don't know what fundamental documents it contains. Article III of one of them says this:
Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent . . . .
The Organic Law of America not only recognizes our dependence on and duty towards God, but specifies where we should learn about our Creator (religion), the rights with which He has endowed us, and our duties toward Him and our fellow man (morality).
Today, our schools and government are "secular" (atheistic) and confiscating property from others without their consent -- armed robbery -- is the heart and soul of our vast "entitlement" social programs. You were cheated out of an education which began with "Thou shalt not steal" and "Thou shalt not kill."
The Christian Religion and Christian morality were to be taught in public schools.
Even though Justice Douglas concurred in Engel v. Vitale, the case which removed Christianity from public schools in the early 1960's, he was honest enough to admit that
Religion was once deemed to be a function of the public school system.
Justice Douglas then quoted the Article above. Then he proceeded to ignore the law he swore to uphold, and removed "religion and morality" from public schools.
Soon after that, knowledge was removed from public schools, because when some kids have knowledge, that hurts the "self-esteem" of those who don't. Away with grades, away with knowledge! America's youth no longer score #1 on international tests.
The average teenager in 1776 knew more about what it means to be a great American, a great Christian, and a great Human Being than you do. Transport the average teenager from 1776 to our time and that teenager could figure out how to use your Blackberry, your remote control, and drive your SUV in a matter of days, but it would take you months, maybe years, to learn as much about geography, morality, history, religion, political science, virtue, and develop the habits of character which the average American possessed in 1776.
Reading the Bible is the first step in our year-long program to impose a colonial American education on you. If you already know how to read and write, the Internet now makes it possible for you to experience the same childhood education that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock experienced. Their education made it inevitable that they would abolish the government -- a government which they described as a "tyranny."
You are not a Real American
A real American believes that the Declaration of Independence is really true. We have not just a right, but a duty to abolish any government that becomes destructive of our right to life, liberty and property -- in other words, a government that will not allow us to live in peace. If you believe the government has a right to kill us, enslave us, and confiscate our property, then you are a communist, not an American. And if you believe that the government has the right to kill, enslave, and steal from foreigners, then you are not a good Christian.
Most people living in the United States today are lousy Americans and are not Christians.
True Americans rejected an Empire which sent Red Coats to impose colonial rule. True Christians reject the Empire which sends predator drones to Afghanistan.
I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government, and consequently [one] which ought to shape its administration,
peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.
Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (1801)
Nobody who signed the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution would consider YOU to be a real American -- unless the mainstream calls you an "extremist." But you will be an "extremist" when you finish this program. Because you are going to want to abolish the present government and make America a Christian Theocracy once again. You cannot support the Prince of Peace if you support an atheistic War Machine.
Men like Sam Adams and John Hancock were "extremists." They tossed tea into the Boston Harbor and called their government a "tyranny." You, on the other hand, are a zombie. You work your boring 9-5 job like a worker-drone. You say nothing when the government takes your paycheck for a Wall Street "bailout." You say nothing when your government kills more children in Iraq than it did people in Hiroshima.
The tax on tea, the "Stamp Act" taxes, and all other taxes combined added up to only 1% or 2% of the colonists' income. The tax burden today is 20-50 times greater than it was under George III in 1776. The Pentagon consumes a trillion dollars a year. This is theft. You pay your taxes because you do not want to be locked up in prison with a psychopath. You don't want to imagine the violence you will experience if you don't pay up.
So where's your musket?*
A Real American is a Christian
On May 2, 1778, when the Continental Army had emerged from its infamous winter at Valley Forge, Commander-in-Chief George Washington issued the following:
The commander-in-chief directs that divine service be performed every Sunday at eleven o'clock in those brigades [in] which there are chaplains; those which have none [are] to attend the places of worship nearest to them. It is expected that officers of all ranks will by their attendance set an example to their men. While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian. The signal instances of providential goodness which we have experienced, and which have now almost crowned our labors with complete
success, demand from us in a peculiar manner the warmest returns of gratitude and piety to the Supreme Author of all good.
The Writings of George Washington, JC Fitzpatrick, ed., Wash. DC: US Gov't Printing Office, 1932, Vol. XI:342-343, General Orders of 5/2/1778
On May 12, 1779, in a speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs, Washington coached them:
You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are. Congress will do every thing they can to assist you in this wise intention.
The Writings of George Washington, JC Fitzpatrick, ed., Wash. DC: US Gov't Printing Office, 1932, Vol 15, p.55.
John Witherspoon was undoubtedly one of the most influential educators of his day. His students at Princeton University included one President, one Vice President, three Supreme Court Justices, 10 Cabinet members, 12 Governors, 60 Congressmen (21 Senators; 39 Representatives) plus scores of state officials and members of the Constitutional Convention. Witherspoon said
" . . . he is the best friend to American liberty, who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion, and who sets himself with the greatest firmness to bear down profanity and immorality of every kind. Whoever is an avowed enemy of God, I scruple not [would not hesitate] to call him an enemy to his country."[source]
Most Americans today are enemies of America. That is, enemies of the ideal that America's Founding Fathers fought for: Liberty Under God. The "Vine & Fig Tree" society.
To be a great American, America's Founders said, you have to be a Christian.
But You are NOT A Real Christian
Jesus Christ said it's better to be dogmatic and wrong than it is to be ignorant and air-headed. It's better to be a Nazi or a Communist than to be a "moderate."
I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Revelation 3:15-16
Americans are air-heads. They are more concerned with being accepted by the mainstream and the majority than they are pursuing the truth. The majority of Americans think of themselves as being "non-conformists" in some sense, and everyone conforms to this illusion.
America is ILLEGAL in 2014
Under pressure from the ACLU, federal courts have made it illegal for students in government-run schools to be taught that the Declaration of Independence is really true. Students can be taught that dead white guys like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson used to believe it was true, but public schools cannot teach that the Declaration really is true today, and that students today really should risk their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to believe and promote ideas from the Declaration of Independence such as these:
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The existence of God is a "self-evident truth";
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Our rights are the product of the intelligent design of a Creator, not random, impersonal evolution, nor arbitrary social convention;
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God has revealed unchanging moral absolutes ("the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God");
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Our violation or conformity to these moral absolutes will be punished or rewarded by "the Supreme Judge of the world";
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If we know and obey God's Commandments, we can have "a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence." (This belief is the opposite of "deism." "Providence" is the miraculous, supernatural intervention of God in history, changing the natural order of things in response to prayer. Not a single person who signed the Constitution was a "deist." Not one.)
Any government employee teaching or promoting these ideas in 2014 would be guilty of violating "the establishment clause" -- according to the ACLU and the federal government. They would be accused of attempting to "impose a Theocracy."
And of course no school will ever teach students that it is not only our right but our duty to "abolish" any government that becomes a tyranny -- such as ours. Public schools won't teach students that America's Founders believed that the most important civic duty any American can perform is abolishing tyranny one law at a time. This is done through a process you know nothing about: "Jury Nullification."
On the day after the Constitution was ratified, America was a land of "Liberty Under God." The Christian Religion and Christian Morality were taught in every school. Any intelligent person can see that America was a Christian Theocracy on the day after the Constitution was ratified. Get the facts here.
"But what about the 'separation of church and state,'" you ask. This is a myth. You have been brainwashed.
Today the U.S. is not only an atheistic government, the U.S. is one of the most socialist governments on earth. This was true even before the recent Wall St. "Bailout" -- but especially after. The tax on tea was nothing compared to the $3000 being taken from every man, woman and child in America and used to bail out irresponsible Wall Street investors. And now there's "ObamaCare."
America's Founding Fathers would work to abolish the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama regime.
* Actually, we believe America's Founding Fathers were wrong to get their muskets out. Jesus said "put away your sword." The Bible says "pay your taxes." We are going to persuade you to become an anarchist, and abolish the government, but also to become a pacifist, and abolish it non-violently.
To become a follower of the Prince of Peace is to reject the violent revolution of America 200 years ago, and also to reject the violence nurtured and imposed by the U.S. Empire today.
When you hear the word "anarchist,"
you have been trained to imagine
a bomb-throwing assassin,
who destroys private property,
and causes chaos and disorder.
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What Does the Bible Say About Peace?
(Luke 6:27-28) But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, {28} Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
(Luke 2:14) Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
(Luke 1:77-79) To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, {78} Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, {79} To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
(Hebrews 12:14) Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
(1 Peter 3:9) Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called--that you might inherit a blessing.
(1 Peter 2:21-23) For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps: {22} Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth: {23} Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously:
(Romans 12:17-20) Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. {18} If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. {19} Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. {20} Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink:
(Psalm 34:14) Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
(Psalm 35:20) For they do not speak peace, but they conceive deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
(Psalm 37:11) But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
(Psalm 37:37) Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
(Psalm 72:7) In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
(Psalm 85:10) Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
(Psalm 119:165) Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
(Psalm 120:2-7) Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.{5} Woe is me, {6} My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. {7} I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
(Psalm 122:6-8) Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. {7} peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. {8} For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, peace be within thee.
(Proverbs 3:17) The ways of Wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
(Proverbs 12:20) Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
(Proverbs 16:7) When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
(Isaiah 9:6-7) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of peace. {7} Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
(Isaiah 26:12) O LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.
(Isaiah 32:17-18) And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. {18} And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
(Isaiah 48:18) O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
(Isaiah 48:22) There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
(Isaiah 52:7) How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
(Isaiah 54:13) And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
(Isaiah 55:12) For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
(Isaiah 57:19) I create the fruit of the lips; peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
(Ephesians 2:14-17) For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; {15} Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; {16} And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: {17} And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
(Isaiah 59:8) The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
(Isaiah 60:17) For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
(Isaiah 66:12) For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
(Ezekiel 34:25) And I will make with them a covenant of peace
(Ezekiel 37:26) Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
(Daniel 4:1) Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you.
(Daniel 6:25) Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you.
(Nahum 1:15) Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
(Haggai 2:9) The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
(Zechariah 6:13) Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
(Zechariah 8:16) These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
(Zechariah 8:19) Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
(Zechariah 9:10) And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
(Malachi 2:5-6) My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. {6} The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
(Malachi 2:6) The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
(Romans 1:7) To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Romans 2:10) But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
(Romans 3:10-18) As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: {11} There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. {12} They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. {13} Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: {14} Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: {15} Their feet are swift to shed blood: {16} Destruction and misery are in their ways: {17} And the way of peace have they not known: {18} There is no fear of God before their eyes.
(Romans 8:6) For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
(Romans 10:15) And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
(Romans 14:17-19) For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. {18} For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. {19} Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
(Romans 15:33) Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
(Romans 16:20) And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
(1 Corinthians 1:3) Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 14:33) For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
(2 Corinthians 1:2) Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
(2 Corinthians 10:3-5) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: {4} (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) {5} Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
(2 Corinthians 13:11) Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
(Galatians 1:3) Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
(Galatians 5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(Galatians 6:16) And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
(Ephesians 1:2) Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Ephesians 4:3) Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
(Ephesians 6:15) And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
(Ephesians 6:23) peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Philippians 1:2) Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Philippians 4:9) Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
(Colossians 1:2) To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Colossians 1:20) And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
(Colossians 3:15) And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
(1 Thessalonians 1:1) Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Thessalonians 5:23) And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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