# Where is “Seek the peace of the city” in the Bible?

> “Seek the peace of the city” is Jeremiah 29:7.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/seek-the-peace-of-the-city
By Andrew Kittridge · November 11, 2026

God says it through Jeremiah, in a letter to the people taken as exiles to Babylon.

## The verse

> Look after the peace of the city I have exiled you to, and pray to Yahweh for it, because when it has peace, you will have peace.
>
> — [Jeremiah 29:7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/29#7) (Lumin Translation)

These exact words are in the King James Bible. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here, and it words the verse differently.

## What it means there

The exiles wanted to hear they would soon go home. Jeremiah told them to build houses, plant gardens, marry, and pray for the city of their captors, because its peace would be their peace. The promise of Jeremiah 29:11 comes a few verses later in the same letter.

## Common questions

### Where is “Seek the peace of the city” in the Bible?

“Seek the peace of the city” is Jeremiah 29:7. These exact words are in the King James Bible. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here, and it words the verse differently. God says it through Jeremiah, in a letter to the people taken as exiles to Babylon.

### Is “Seek the peace of the city” in the Bible?

Yes. It is Jeremiah 29:7. In the Lumin Translation, Jeremiah 29:7 reads: “Look after the peace of the city I have exiled you to, and pray to Yahweh for it, because when it has peace, you will have peace.”

### Who said “Seek the peace of the city”?

God says it through Jeremiah, in a letter to the people taken as exiles to Babylon.

### What does “Seek the peace of the city” mean in the Bible?

The exiles wanted to hear they would soon go home. Jeremiah told them to build houses, plant gardens, marry, and pray for the city of their captors, because its peace would be their peace. The promise of Jeremiah 29:11 comes a few verses later in the same letter.

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