Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Bible References

Because

Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me.
Proverbs 4:26
Make level the track of thy feet, and all thy ways shall be prepared.
Proverbs 8:20
I shall go in the way of justice, in the midst of the beaten paths of judgment:
Isaiah 30:21
And thine ears shall hear the word from after thee, saying, This the way, go ye in it when ye shall turn to the right, and when ye shall turn to the left
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway was there, and a way, and it shall be called to it, A way of holiness; the unclean one shall not pass through it; and it is for them; he going the way, and the foolish shall not err.
Isaiah 57:14
And he shall say, Lift ye up, lift ye up; clear the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus said Jehovah, Stand ye upon the ways, and see, and ask for the beaten paths of old, where this the good way, and go ye in it, and find rest to your soul. And they will say, We will not go.
Mark 8:34
And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wills to come after me, let him absolutely deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
John 15:18
If the world hate you, know that it has hated me the first of you.
John 16:2
They shall make you excluded from the synagogue: but the hour comes that every one having slain you should think to bring service to God.
Acts 14:22
And supporting the souls of the disciples, beseeching to remain in the faith, that through many pressures we must come into the kingdom of God.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
And sent Timothy, our brother, and servant of God, and our coworker in the good news of Christ, in order to make you firm, and comfort you for your faith

General references

Numbers 4:48
And they being reviewed shall be eight thousand and five hundred and eighty.
Proverbs 2:9
Then thou shalt understand justice and judgment and uprightness; every good track.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way straight before man, and its latter state the ways of death.
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, and few chosen.
Romans 3:17
And the way of peace they knew not: