What does Isaiah 26:3 mean?

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"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." Peace is not the absence of trouble — it is the gift of God to the heart that holds steady on him.

"Perfect peace" — Hebrew "shalom shalom," peace upon peace — total well-being from God.

The condition is a mind "stayed on" God — anchored, fixed, leaning into him by trust.

For us: when anxiety mounts, the antidote is not less circumstance but more attention to God. Stay your mind on him.

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Original BibleDawn answer · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.