PEACE
(See also Conferences; Disarmament; Treaties [Pacts])
(Note centered headings below: Christians; Mankind)
Bible principles: g 8/14 6
Bible usage: it-2 591; w91 3/1 16
communion sacrifices symbolic of: it-2 526
contributing factors: w96 1/1 17-18
apologizing: w02 11/1 4-7
discussion: it-2 591-593
for the afflicted: w97 4/15 3-7
Greek word: it-2 591; w88 2/15 15
Hebrew word: it-2 591; w91 3/1 16; w91 4/15 6; w88 2/15 15; w87 1/15 26; w86 5/1 29
Jehovah: scl 90
‘God of peace’ (1Co 14:33): kr 120
why ‘God of peace’ fights: cl 61-66; it-2 19
Latin American and Caribbean lands declared ‘peace zone’ (2014): g 12/14 7
making peace: scl 90; w18.09 21; w16.05 4-6; g 8/14 3-6; g 3/12 10-11; w05 3/1 4-7
meaning of term: w20.09 15; w97 4/15 8; w91 4/15 6; w90 4/15 4-7; w88 2/15 15; w88 11/1 30; w87 4/1 18
cynical definitions: g86 2/8 3
peaceable: it-2 592; w08 5/15 4; w91 3/1 23
messengers of peace: w97 1/15 3-4
Jehovah’s servants: w97 1/15 4, 10-15; w97 5/1 18-23
world’s messengers: w97 5/1 13-18
Nobel Prize for Peace: w90 8/1 22
no peace for wicked: ip-2 135, 273-274; w99 10/1 11; w87 7/1 10-11
personal peace: ijwbv article 50; scl 90; wp17.5 16; w09 7/1 10-12; w08 2/1 3-9; w05 7/1 3-7; w00 7/1 3-7; w96 1/1 4-7
during crises: w22.12 16-21
“time for peace” (Ec 3:8): w99 10/1 10-11
with God: w91 3/1 15-21
basic to peace with others: w97 1/15 12
Gibeonites sue for: w04 10/15 18
within families: g 12/15 6-7
video Follow the Road Map to Family Peace—Improve Communication: mwb25.05 11
Christians
acting wisely during times of peace: w20.09 14-19
basis: it-2 591-592; w01 9/1 8; w99 10/1 11; tp 175-180, 182-186
being taught by Jehovah: ip-1 44-48; w97 4/15 13-15; w87 3/15 10-15
Jesus’ sacrifice: w91 3/1 17-18; w87 4/15 11
knowledge of Jehovah (Isa 11:6-9): ip-1 163-164
love: w99 2/15 20-21; w90 11/15 14
respect for authority: tp 129-141
respect for life: tp 152
‘be found in peace’ (2Pe 3:14): w03 7/15 14-15
being peaceable: w23.01 29; w22.03 10-11; cl 222-223; w21.07 15; w20.03 24-27; w18.09 21; it-2 592; g 8/12 8; w11 8/15 23-31; w09 2/15 9; w08 3/15 24-25; w08 5/15 4; g 5/06 28-29; w05 9/1 29-30; w04 5/15 27; w04 11/1 12-13; w01 9/1 8-13
children: w07 12/1 17-20
not at any price: w11 8/15 30-31
solving problems: w18.01 10-11; w17.07 29; w16.04 11-12; w12 7/15 28-29; g 3/12 10-11; w11 8/15 28-30; w10 6/15 21-22; w09 11/15 22-24; w05 3/1 4-7; w03 1/15 19-20; w01 8/15 26-27; w98 11/1 4-7
when efforts to make peace seem frustrated: w20.03 25-27
when householders are hostile: km 12/12 1
when householders express unscriptural views: km 1/08 8; km 11/06 1
“with all men” (Ro 12:18): w09 10/15 9-10; w07 7/1 25; w01 9/1 9-10; w93 7/1 21-22
with officials: w18.05 11
congregational: bt 114-115; od 24; w16.11 12; om 21-22
contributing factors: w18.05 9-10
accurate knowledge: w87 4/15 15-20
faith: w03 1/15 19-20
fighting envy: w20.02 18-19
humility: it-1 1160
modesty: w00 3/15 23-24
not justifying oneself: w87 3/15 19
prayer: w20.02 22
submissiveness: w94 7/1 28
covenant of peace (Eze 34:25): rr 91
covenant of peace (Eze 37:26): w10 3/15 27-28; w91 3/1 18-19
discussion: w18.05 9-11; w07 7/15 22-23; w91 3/1 17-25
examples: w97 4/15 15-16; w96 1/1 4-7
“Divine Peace” District Conventions (1986): g86 12/22 22-27
executive assistant in bank: wp16.1 7
life story “Pursuing Peace With All People”: g86 12/8 23-27
making peace with others: w21.12 27; w20.03 25-27; w10 6/15 17; w09 5/15 11
mother who lost baby: w09 7/1 11
single mother: w13 4/1 7
South Africa: g86 7/22 6-10
Witnesses commended: g97 10/8 10-11
experiences:
at last finds peace of mind: yb16 72
brother and sister reunited: w02 4/15 21; w99 1/1 4-5
ethnic strife overcome: w00 8/15 6
family peace: w18.05 10-11
governmental prejudice overcome: w18.05 11
Hutu and Tutsi refugees: yb97 49
opposer impressed by peace at convention: w99 2/15 32
peaceable reaction wins over opposers: w06 1/1 32
Witness boy refuses to retaliate: yb14 58
expression ‘may you have peace’: it-2 592
families: w07 9/1 29-30; w06 8/1 16-17; w01 9/1 11; w97 6/15 20-25; fy 128-141; w88 11/1 15-20; g86 1/8 3-9
between mates: mwb25.05 10; mwb25.09 9; w88 11/1 16-17, 20-25; g86 1/8 3-5, 10-12; g86 3/22 28; g86 5/22 28; g86 8/22 28
divided households: w12 2/15 26-28; w09 10/15 8
in-laws: hf 15-17
role of children: w88 11/1 18-19; g86 1/8 6-7
stepfamily: fy 136-139; g86 1/8 8-9
from Jehovah: w18.10 28-29; w96 1/1 8-11, 16-22; w90 12/15 22; w88 1/15 16-17; w88 2/15 16-20; w88 11/1 29-30; w87 3/15 10-20; w87 4/15 14; w86 10/1 10
“abundance of peace” (Ps 37:11): w03 12/1 14
“like a river” (Isa 48:18): lvs 229; mwb17.02 2; lv 199; w94 2/1 13-14
‘no more violence in your land’ (Isa 60:18): w02 7/1 17-18; ip-2 318
“peace as your overseers” (Isa 60:17): kr 119, 129; ip-2 316, 318
“peace of God” (Php 4:7): w25.08 3-4; ijwbv article 13; w24.01 21-22; w22.01 19; w22.12 16, 21; w18.10 28; it-2 592; w17.08 8-12; w09 7/1 11-12; w08 3/15 13-14; g01 7/22 14-15; w00 7/15 6; w97 4/15 5-6; w94 12/15 32; w92 3/15 22; w91 3/1 15-16
uniqueness: w87 3/15 11, 13-15
video Take Delight in God’s Promises of Peace—Excerpt: mwb24.11 15
from Jesus: ijwbv article 22; w97 1/15 11-12
“I give you my peace” (Joh 14:27): ijwbv article 29; w18.05 20-21; it-2 592; jy 275; w09 10/15 9; w97 4/15 12
inner peace: w20.02 22; w19.04 8-13; w88 2/15 10-20; w87 3/15 20
despite changing circumstances: w18.10 27-31
‘let peace of Christ control in heart’ (Col 3:15): w01 9/1 14-18
separated or divorced: w88 11/1 26-30
‘setting the mind on the spirit means peace’ (Ro 8:6): w16.12 17
when personal opinions differ: w89 2/15 18-20
with fellow Christians: w17.10 10; w03 1/15 19-20; w01 9/1 11-12; w91 3/1 21-25
being peaceable: w22.03 10-11; w22.08 22-23; w21.07 15; it-2 592; w11 8/15 23-31; w08 3/15 24-25
being peacemakers: w22.11 13
“first make your peace with your brother” (Mt 5:23, 24): cl 222-223; w21.12 25-27; od 142-143; mwb18.01 8; w16.05 5; w09 2/15 10-11; w08 5/15 6-7; w02 3/15 5; w02 11/1 5-6; w99 10/15 16; w96 7/15 18; g96 2/8 26-27; gt chapter 35; om 140; w86 10/15 8
how to maintain: w89 11/15 19; w88 8/15 19; w87 3/15 19; w86 5/1 19-20
role of elders: w01 9/1 12-13
video Making Peace Brings Blessings: lff lesson 56
video “Put Away” Peace Wreckers: mwb25.03 15
when disturbed: w23.01 29; scl 29; lff lesson 56; od 141-143; w18.01 9-11; lvs 38-39; mwb18.01 8; w17.01 5; w17.06 16-20; w17.11 27; w16.04 11-12; w16.05 4-6; w16.11 14-15; mwb16.10 6; lv 33-34; w12 7/15 28-29; g 3/12 10-11; w11 4/15 23-24; w11 8/15 28-30; w10 6/15 17-18, 21-22; w09 11/15 22-24; w08 5/15 6-7; w08 11/15 17-19; w07 3/1 27-28; jd 112-114; w05 3/1 3-7; w03 3/15 15, 19-20; w97 12/1 19; w96 7/15 18; kl 166; w93 8/15 21-22; om 138-140, 142-145
with Jehovah: it-2 591-592; w11 8/15 24-25; w91 3/1 17-19; w87 3/15 10-11, 13-17, 19-20; w87 4/15 10-20; w86 5/1 19-20; ws 9-12
false sense of: w88 4/1 12, 18, 23
Jesus’ role: it-2 591-592
with neighbors: g86 1/22 3-8
with people: g21.1 6-7; w01 9/1 9-10; w87 3/15 19-20
in field ministry: w18.05 11; km 11/06 1; w01 7/15 13; w01 9/1 10-11; w97 1/15 14
in the workplace: g04 5/8 7-9
neutrality to world’s conflicts: w97 1/15 14; w97 4/15 14-16; g97 4/22 11
Mankind
apparent progress toward: g98 2/8 30; g96 4/22 3; w92 3/1 3-5; w91 4/15 3-4; w91 6/1 10, 17-18; w91 9/1 3-4; w90 4/1 3; w90 4/15 3; g89 2/8 29
comments by Soviet leadership: w91 1/1 3; w91 4/15 3
religious involvement: w92 3/1 5-6; w91 9/1 4
superficial: w90 4/15 3-4; g87 6/22 12-13
UN role: g96 4/22 3; g91 9/8 3-4
basis: w99 10/1 10-11; w97 1/15 11-12; w97 4/15 16-18; ws 6-7, 9-12
Jehovah’s promise: tp 94-95, 175-177
resolving issue of universal sovereignty: tp 49-54
true worship, divine instruction (Isa 2:2-4): w89 12/15 5-7
contribution to witness work:
modern times: w15 2/15 25-26
Pax Romana: w15 2/15 20-21
desire for: ws 4-6
events leading to: w91 4/15 6-7
failure of human efforts: wp25.1 6-8; ijwbq article 24; mrt article 96; w13 6/1 16; w08 4/1 3-4; re 225-227; w04 1/1 5; g02 5/8 4-9; g02 10/22 3; w99 10/1 10-11; g99 8/22 9-10; w97 4/15 8-11; w97 5/1 13-17; w96 1/1 3-4, 17-18; w91 4/15 4-5; w90 4/1 4-6; w90 4/15 3-4; w88 11/1 3-5; w88 12/15 21; w87 5/15 10-11, 15-16; w87 7/1 10-11; g87 3/22 26-27; w86 10/1 16; tp 5-6, 10-12, 14-21
after Cold War: w00 11/1 32; g99 9/22 6; g96 4/22 3-7
Alfred Nobel of Nobel Prize: g02 5/8 3-5, 9
balance of power: w90 4/1 5-6
Britannica yearbook article: w87 5/15 11
contrast with Witnesses: w97 1/15 3-4
diplomacy: g04 1/8 26-27
disarmament: wp25.1 7; w89 12/15 3-4
editorial on view of imagined visitors from space: w87 5/15 11
Hague Court: g91 9/8 5-6
Hitler’s Peace Speech: g87 3/22 27
island in Bay of Bengal: g 1/11 14
League of Nations: g91 9/8 6-7
peacekeeping efforts: mrt article 116
Peace of God (Europe): w90 4/1 5
peace of our society is now undermined by appetite for violence (quote): g89 4/22 3
Satanic influence: g91 12/8 10-11
since World War II: g87 5/22 12-15
United Nations: w04 8/1 3-4; w01 1/1 32; w97 5/1 15-17; w95 10/1 3-5; g91 9/8 8-9
Jehovah to bring: mrt articles 96, 106; scl 112; wp17.5 16; w13 6/1 16; g02 5/8 9; w01 1/1 32; dg 25-26; w99 4/15 32; w97 1/1 22; w97 4/15 8-19; g93 12/22 14-15; w91 9/1 7-8; g91 12/8 10-11; w88 1/15 13-14; g88 8/22 9-10; w87 5/15 12-13, 15, 17-18; w87 7/1 11; g87 6/8 11-12
administration for peace: w06 2/15 21-25; w86 4/15 6-7
by end of wicked system: tp 34-42, 86-93
contrast to promises of men: tp 5-9
extent: w90 4/15 4-7
God’s Kingdom: ijwbq article 25; it-2 592-593; w87 4/1 18
how: g86 2/8 8-9; g86 2/22 11-12
Isaiah 2:2-4: wi 3, 11, 18-19, 24, 30-31
Isaiah 11:6-9: kr 236; w10 9/1 7-9; ip-1 163-165
Millennium: it-2 1169
paradise: w88 1/15 20
reasonableness of promise: tp 94-97, 99-107; g86 2/22 11-12
reliability of promise: g88 8/22 10; tp 94-95, 175-177
steps to peace: w90 4/1 8-9
what Jehovah has been doing: tp 55-68
when: w86 10/1 16-20; tp 7
with animals: it-2 257, 593; w12 9/15 9-10; g05 9/8 12; g04 12/8 30; ip-2 388-389; w00 4/15 17-18; ip-1 163-165; ws 173-175
Jesus instrumental in bringing: mrt article 107; w06 12/15 4-7; w91 4/15 5-7; w90 4/1 7-10
“Prince of Peace” (Isa 9:6): cf 23; it-2 592-593; ip-1 131-132; w91 4/15 5-6; w87 4/1 15-20; ws 13-17, 21-23, 120
not unrealistic: w97 4/15 11-12
obstacles to: mrt article 96; w14 2/1 2; w13 6/1 16; w90 4/1 4-6; w87 3/15 10-11; g86 2/22 11
false religion: g 1/11 3-6; w97 5/1 14-15; g86 12/8 23-25
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE): g97 8/22 31
original prospects: w89 8/1 20
“peace and security” (1Th 5:3): w23.02 16; w23.06 13; w23.10 21; w19.09 9-10; w19.10 9; kr 222-223; w13 11/15 12-13; w12 9/15 3-4; g 4/08 7; re 251; w04 2/1 20-21; wt 182; w97 6/1 9-10; w95 4/15 25; w94 8/1 6; w91 4/15 7; w91 9/1 5-8; g88 4/8 14; w87 5/15 17-19; w87 9/1 18-23, 28-29; w86 10/1 18-20; tp 5-7, 85
destruction follows like labor pains: w23.06 9, 13; it-2 187; w13 1/1 7
destruction that follows: w19.10 9, 14; w91 9/15 16
faith during time of proclamation: w91 9/15 16
motive behind: w87 9/1 18-19
progress toward: g89 12/8 24-27
religious support: g89 12/8 24-25, 27
prayers for: w92 3/1 6
Bible view: g02 10/22 8-9; w88 3/15 9
Buddhist interfaith prayer-meeting for peace, Mt. Hiei, Japan (1987): w88 3/15 8-9
Catholic initiative with multiple religions, Assisi, Italy (2002): g02 10/22 4-8
Catholic “World Day of Prayer for Peace,” Assisi, Italy (1986): re 249-251; w88 1/15 13; w88 12/15 21, 23; g87 3/22 29; g87 6/8 2-10
The Hague, Netherlands:
peace conferences: w88 11/1 3
“‘there is peace!’ when there is no peace” (Jer 6:14; 8:11; Eze 13:10): w99 10/1 13-14; w88 4/1 12, 18, 23
tourism promotes: g05 8/22 3-4
United Nations: w99 4/15 32
achievements: w95 10/1 3; g91 9/8 10; g90 12/8 22; g89 4/22 28
developments in world role: w92 3/1 3, 5-6; g92 5/22 28; g91 9/8 3-4, 10
failure to bring peace: w04 8/1 3-4; w01 1/1 32; w97 5/1 15-17; w95 10/1 3-7; w86 10/1 15; g86 1/22 29
International Year of Peace (1986): re 249-250; g87 4/22 29; w86 10/1 15, 18-19; w86 11/15 21; g86 2/8 30; g86 10/8 29
Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders (2000): w01 3/15 32
peace missions: g99 8/8 28
with animals: g91 4/8 3-11