Live by the Word

(ESV)
 April 1
I will give peace in the land, and you
shall lie down, and none shall make
you afraid. And I will remove harmful
beasts from the land, and the sword
shall not go through your land.

- Leviticus 26:6
 April 2
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not
want.
 He makes me lie down in green
pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of
righteousness
   for his name’s sake.
 April 3
Even though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
   I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
   your rod and your staff,
   they comfort me.

- Psalm 23:4
 April 4
You prepare a table before me
   in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
   my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me
   all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the
LORD
    forever.
- Psalm 23:5-6
 April 5
Oh that you had paid attention to my
commandments!
    Then your peace would have been
like a river,
   and your righteousness like the
waves of the sea;

- Isaiah 48:18
 April 6
For thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will
extend peace to her like a river,
   and the glory of the nations like an
overflowing stream;
and you shall nurse, you shall be
carried upon her hip,
   and bounced upon her knees.
- Isaiah 66:12
 April 7
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
   Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
   righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
   on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
   and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
   and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
   and from the River to the ends of the
earth.
- Zechariah 9:9-10
 April 8
Behold, a son shall be born to you who
shall be a man of rest. I will give him
rest from all his surrounding
enemies. For his name shall be
Solomon, and I will give peace and
quiet to Israel in his days.

- 1 Chronicles 22:9
 April 9
May the LORD give strength to his
people!
   May the LORD bless his people with
peace!

- Psalm 29:11
 April 10
But seek the welfare of the city where I
have sent you into exile, and pray to
the LORD on its behalf, for in its
welfare you will find your welfare.

- Jeremiah 29:7
 April 11
As the Father has loved me, so have I
loved you. Abide in my love. If you
keep my commandments, you will
abide in my love, just as I have kept
my Father’s commandments and
abide in his love. These things I have
spoken to you, that my joy may be in
you, and that your joy may be full.
- John 15:9-11
 April 12
They have healed the wound of my
people lightly,
   saying, 'Peace, peace,'
    when there is no peace.

- Jeremiah 6:14
 April 13
But the wisdom from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to
reason, full of mercy and good fruits,
impartial and sincere. And a harvest
of righteousness is sown in peace by
those who make peace.

- James 3:17-18
 April 14
Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the
thirty, and he said,
   "We are yours, O David,
   and with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
   and peace to your helpers!
   For your God helps you."
   
   Then David received them and made them
officers of his troops.
- 1 Chronicles 12:18 
 April 15
I have seen his ways, but I will heal
him;
   I will lead him and restore comfort
to him and his mourners,
  creating the fruit of the lips.
Peace, peace, to the far and to the
near," says the LORD,
    "and I will heal him.

- Isaiah 57:18-19
 April 16
Thus will I spend my wrath upon the wall
and upon those who have smeared it with
whitewash, and I will say to you, The wall
is no more, nor those who smeared it, the
prophets of Israel who prophesied
concerning Jerusalem and saw visions of
peace for her, when there was no peace,
declares the Lord GOD.
 "And you, son of man, set your face against
the daughters of your people, who
prophesy out of their own minds. Prophesy
against them
 April 17
"I will make with them a covenant of peace
and banish wild beasts from the land, so
that they may dwell securely in the
wilderness and sleep in the woods. And I
will make them and the places all around
my hill a blessing, and I will send down the
showers in their season; they shall be
showers of blessing. And the trees of the
field shall yield their fruit, and the earth
shall yield its increase, and they shall be
secure in their land. And they shall know
that I am the LORD, when I break the bars
of their yoke, and deliver them from the
hand of those who enslaved them.
- Ezekiel 34:25-27
 April 18
They shall no more be a prey to the nations,
nor shall the beasts of the land devour
them. They shall dwell securely, and none
shall make them afraid. And I will provide
for them renowned plantations so that
they shall no more be consumed with
hunger in the land, and no longer suffer
the reproach of the nations. And they shall
know that I am the LORD their God with
them, and that they, the house of Israel,
are my people, declares the Lord GOD.
And you are my sheep, human sheep of
my pasture, and I am your God, declares
the Lord GOD."
- Ezekiel 34:28-31
 April 19
Now may the Lord of peace himself
give you peace at all times in every
way. The Lord be with you all.

- 2 Thessalonians 3:16 
 April 20
The way of peace they do not know,
   and there is no justice in their paths;
they have made their roads crooked;
    no one who treads on them knows peace. 
Therefore justice is far from us,
   and righteousness does not overtake us;
we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
   and for brightness, but we walk in gloom…For
our transgressions are multiplied before you,
   and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
   and we know our iniquities:
transgressing, and denying the LORD,
   and turning back from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
   conceiving and uttering from the heart lying
words.
- Isaiah 59:8-9,12-13
 April 21
And he came and preached peace to
you who were far off and peace to
those who were near.

- Ephesians 2:17
 April 22
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for
restoration, comfort one another,
agree with one another, live in
peace; and the God of love and
peace will be with you.

- 2 Corinthians 13:11 
 April 23
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
send in my name, he will teach you all things and
bring to your remembrance all that I have said to
you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to
you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let
not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be
afraid. You heard me say to you, 'I am going
away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me,
you would have rejoiced, because I am going to
the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And
now I have told you before it takes place, so that
when it does take place you may believe. I will no
longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this
world is coming. He has no claim on me, but I do
as the Father has commanded me, so that the
world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us
 April 24
Therefore, since we have been justified
by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ.

- Romans 5:1 
 April 25
As you enter the house, greet it. And if
the house is worthy, let your peace
come upon it, but if it is not worthy,
let your peace return to you. And if
anyone will not receive you or listen
to your words, shake off the dust
from your feet when you leave that
house or town.

- Matthew 10:12-14
 April 26
In that day the LORD with his hard and great and
strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing
serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he
will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
 In that day, "A pleasant vineyard, sing of it!
 I, the LORD, am its keeper;
   every moment I water it.
   Lest anyone punish it,
I keep it night and day;
 I have no wrath.
Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!
   I would march against them,
   I would burn them up together.
Or let them lay hold of my protection,
   let them make peace with me,
   let them make peace with me."
- Isaiah 27:1-5
 April 27
Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech,
   that I dwell among the tents of
Kedar!
Too long have I had my dwelling
   among those who hate peace.
I am for peace,
   but when I speak, they are for war!

- Psalm 120:5-7
 April 28
in their paths are ruin and misery,
and the way of peace they have not
known."
  "There is no fear of God before their
eyes."

- Romans 3:16-18
 April 29
May mercy, peace, and love be
multiplied to you.

- Jude 1:2
 April 30
May the God of peace be with you all.
Amen.

- Romans 15:33