I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
I will both lay mee downe in peace, and sleepe: for thou LORD only makest me dwell in safetie.
1611 marginal notePsal.3.5.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.
Definition sources
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First occurrence: Genesis 15:15
Complete exact-word concordance
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
I will both lay mee downe in peace, and sleepe: for thou LORD only makest me dwell in safetie.
1611 marginal notePsal.3.5.
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that was at peace with me: (yea I haue deliuered him that without cause is mine enemie.)
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquitie: which speake peace to their neighbors, but mischiefe is in their hearts.
1611 marginal notePsal. 12.3. iere 9.8.
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
The LORD will giue strength vnto his people; the LORD will blesse his people with peace.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Depart from euill, and doe good: seeke peace and pursue it.
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
For they speake not peace: but they deuise deceitfull matters against them that are quiet in the land.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
But the meeke shall inherite the earth: and shall delight themselues in the abundance of peace.
1611 marginal noteMatt.5.5.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Marke the perfect man, and behold the vpright: for the end of that man is peace.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
I was dumbe with silence, I held my peace, euen from good, and my sorrow was stirred.
1611 marginal noteHeb. troubled.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Heare my prayer, O LORD, and giue eare vnto my crie, hold not thy peace at my teares: for I am a straunger with thee, and a soiourner, as all my fathers were.
1611 marginal noteLeuit.25.23. 1.Chron. 29.15. Psal.119.19. Heb.11.13. 1.Pet. 2.11.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
he is our peace
2 · KJV context and cross-references