The Jewish Wisdom Database

A time for war and a time for peace.

Better overt war than covert peace.

The wicked are like the tossing sea, for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, says God, for the wicked.

If the wolf speaks of peace, gather in your flock at once!

If a wolf comes to kill you, you are not bound to pat its back.

The first focus in life here on earth is to be at peace with all men.

God is present whenever a peace treaty is signed.

All your children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.

This people is for peace and for health in a land full of fevers.

Charity and loving-kindness intercede greatly and promote peace between Israel and their Father in Heaven.

To promote peace, we support the poor of the heathen, visit their sick and bury their dead, along with the poor, the sick, and the dead of Israel.

The more charity, the more peace.

When a man's ways please Him, the Lord causes even his enemies to make peace with him.

One does not wage war, whether profane or holy, before one offers peace, as it is written [Deuteronomy (Devarim) 20:10]---When you come near a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it!

So great is peace that, even if Israel worship idols yet peace reigns among them, God says: I cannot, as it were, wield power over them, because peace prevails there.

Neither good nor peace comes of quarrelling; Cain killed his brother in a quarrel.

So great is peace that God's name is peace --- 'Shalom', that all the blessings are held within it.

Benedictions are of no avail if peace is not with them.

Flattery is permissible only to promote peace.

Work for peace within your family, then in your street, then within the community.

If you cannot find peace within yourself, it profits not to seek it elsewhere.

To start a revolution is not hard; to end it well and launch a peaceful economy is beyond our powers.

Even on the threshold of war, we [Jews] are bidden to begin in no other way than with peace, for it is written: 'When you draw near a city to fight, first offer it peace.'