Because of human sinfulness, God's provision of peace is always under threat. Scripture shows that this breaking of peace has implications for the whole of creation.

Isaiah 57:21

Causes of the destruction of peace

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Sin and self-centredness

Genesis 11:4-9
Isaiah 59:7-8
Luke 19:41-44
Zechariah 10:2

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Idolatry

Exodus 32:7-10
1 Timothy 6:9-10
John 20:19

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Fear and anxiety

Joshua 7:3-5
Proverbs 29:25
Jeremiah 30:10; 46:27
Matthew 6:31-34
Leviticus 26:36-42

pp Lk 12:29-30

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The sins of ancestors

Genesis 3:16-19
2 Kings 23:26-27
Jeremiah 31:29
Ezekiel 18:2
Jeremiah 20:10

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Friends

Lamentations 1:1-2,19
Psalms 35:19-20

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Enemies

2 Kings 9:14-28
Lamentations 1:16
Deuteronomy 28:53-57

The consequences of the human destruction of peace

1 Kings 2:5-6

Humanity suffers

2 Kings 6:24-29; 25:2-3
Ezekiel 13:10-16
Revelation 6:3-8
Jeremiah 49:31-32

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Nations suffer

Ezekiel 38:14-23
Jeremiah 25:37

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The land suffers

Exodus 8:12-14
Leviticus 26:27-35
Isaiah 1:7; 36:16-20
Revelation 6:3-4

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The whole creation suffers

Genesis 6:5-7
Isaiah 24:1-5
Romans 8:22
Revelation 8:7-13

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