What Does the Bible Say About A Quiet Life?

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

1 Peter 3:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

1 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Peter 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

James 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

James 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

2 Corinthians 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 11:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. ...

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Proverbs 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Psalm 90:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!” For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: ...

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. 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. 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. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

20 Bible Verses about A Quiet Life

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 11:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 90:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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20 Bible Verses about A Quiet Life

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1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 11:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 90:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes