where Hanani's son Jehu, the seer, went out to meet him. He asked King Jehoshaphat, "Should you be helping those who are wicked, yes or no? Should you love those who hate the LORD? Wrath is headed your way directly from the LORD because of this.

But a prophet of the LORD was there named Oded. He went out to greet the army as it arrived in Samaria. He warned them, "Look! Because the LORD God of your ancestors was angry at Judah, he delivered them into your control, but you have killed them with a vehemence that has reached all the way to heaven!

After this, the priests arose, blessed the people, and their voices were heard in prayer all the way to heaven, where God resides in holiness.

As a result, the people couldn't distinguish between the noise coming from the shouts of joy and the noise coming from the weeping people, because everyone was shouting loudly and could be heard a long way off.

Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so we could humble ourselves before our God and seek from him an appropriate way for us and our little ones to live, and how we should guard our personal wealth,

because I was ashamed to ask the king for a contingent of soldiers and cavalry to protect us from enemies we might encounter on the way. After all, we had told the king, "The hand of our God seeks the good of all who seek him, but his power and anger are against everyone who forsakes him."

Then we left the Ahava River for Jerusalem on the twelfth day of the first month. Our God's protection was with us, and he delivered us from the enemy's power and from ambush along the way.

They sent me this message four times, and I answered them the same way.

This very day the wives of the officials of Persia and Media who hear the report about the queen will speak in the same way to all the officials of the king, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger.

All the king's ministers who were in the king's gate would kneel and bow down to Haman, because the king had commanded that Haman be honored in this way. Mordecai, however, would not kneel and would not bow down.

"Go and gather all the Jewish people who are in Susa and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, night or day. Both I and my young women will also fast in the same way, and then I'll go in to the king, even though it's against the law. And if I perish, I perish."

Then Haman told them about his splendid wealth, the number of his sons, all the ways the king had honored him, and that he had promoted him above all the other officials and ministers of the king.

To the formerly successful man who lost his way in life, and God fenced him in?

You'll be protected from the accusing tongue; you need not fear destruction when it heads your way.

Repent! Let there be no injustice; Change your ways! My vindication is at stake.

"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

But the righteous person will hold to his way, and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger."

"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.

When you make a decision on something, it will be established for you, and light will brighten your way.

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we've heard of it! But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?"

I set an example of the way to live, as a leader would; I lived like a king among his army; like one who comforts mourners."

If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands,

because they've abandoned their pursuit of him and had no respect for any of his ways.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.

Their ways always seem prosperous. Your judgments are on high, far away from them. They scoff at all their enemies.

As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.

because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God;

As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

the God who clothes me with strength, and who makes my way upright;

Cause me to understand your ways, LORD; teach me your paths.

The LORD is good and just; therefore he will teach sinners concerning the way.

He will guide the humble to justice; he will teach the humble his way.

Teach me your way, LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.

Blessed be the LORD! In a marvelous way he demonstrated his gracious love to me, when I was in a city under siege.

Commit your way to the LORD; Trust him, and he will act.

Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.

A man's steps are established by the LORD, and the LORD delights in his way.

Wait on the LORD, Keep faithful to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land. You will see the wicked cut off.

In this way I will know that you are pleased with me, and that my enemies will not shout in triumph over me.

Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me

Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Then I will teach transgressors about your ways, and sinners will turn to you.

Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

You take care of the earth, you water it, and you enrich it greatly with the river of God that overflows with water. You provide grain for them, for you have ordained it this way.

Let your ways be known by all the nations of the earth, along with your deliverance.

May grain be abundant in the land all the way to the mountain tops; may its fruits flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and may the cities sprout like the grass of the earth.

God, your way is holy. What god is like our great God?

Your way was through the sea, and your path through mighty waters, but your footprints cannot be traced.

If only my people would obey me, if only Israel would walk in my ways!

Teach me your ways, LORD, that I may walk in your truth; let me wholeheartedly revere your name.

All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

for he will command his angels to protect you in all your ways.

For forty years I loathed that generation, so I said, "They are a people whose hearts continuously err, and they have not understood my ways."

He has weakened my strength along the way. He has cut short my days.

Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways.

He led them in a straight way to find a city where they could live.

Because of their rebellious ways, fools suffered for their iniquities.

Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way.

May this be the way the LORD repays my accuser, those who speak evil against me.

My knees give way from fasting, and my skin is lean, deprived of oil.

He will drink from a stream on the way, then hold his head high.

who practice no evil while they walk in his ways.

Oh, that my ways were steadfast, so I may keep your statutes.

I will meditate on your precepts, and I will respect your ways.

I have talked about my ways, and you have answered me; Teach me your statutes.

I have chosen the faithful way; I have firmly placed your ordinances before me.

I eagerly race along the way of your commands, for you enable me to do so. He

Teach me, LORD, about the way of your statutes, and I will observe them without fail.

Turn my eyes away from gazing at worthless things, and revive me by your ways.

I obtain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. Nun

Back up your servant in a positive way; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

I truly consider all of your precepts all of them to be just, while I despise every false way. Peyh

I keep your precepts and your decrees because all of my ways are before you. Tav

How blessed are all who fear the LORD as they follow in his ways.

They will sing about the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD!

You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways.

See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way. To the Music Director: A Davidic Song

The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude

In the morning let me hear of your gracious love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way I should take, because I have set my hope on you.

The LORD is righteous in all of his ways and graciously loving in all of his activities.

Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain it takes away the lives of those who possess it.

They will eat the fruit of their way, and they will be filled with their own devices.

guarding the paths of the just and protecting the way of his faithful ones.

delivering you from the way of evil, from men who speak perverse things,

and from those who abandon the right path to travel along the ways of darkness;

whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways,

This is how you will walk in the way of good men and will keep to the paths of the righteous.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceful.

Then you will travel safely on your way, and your foot will not stumble.

I have directed you in the way of wisdom, and I have led you along straight paths.

Do not enter the path of the wicked, or go along the way of evil men.

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

Carefully measure the paths for your feet, and all your ways will be established.

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.

Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life

Proceeding down the street near her corner, he makes his way toward her house

Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him.