but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot as the house of Ahab played the harlot, and you have also killed your brothers, your own family, who were better than you,

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

He stationed the gatekeepers of the house of the Lord, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.

So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.

But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals.

Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

He did right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.”

Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.

They sent messages to me four times in this manner, and I answered them in the same way.

“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,
And with a pillar of fire by night
To light for them the way
In which they were to go.

You, in Your great compassion,
Did not forsake them in the wilderness;
The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day,
To guide them on their way,
Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.

This day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s conduct will speak in the same way to all the king’s princes, and there will be plenty of contempt and anger.

the young lady would go in to the king in this way: anything that she desired was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

“Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?

“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.

“Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.

“For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way of no return.

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put darkness on my paths.

“His troops come together,
And build up their way against me
And camp around my tent.

“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your way of consolation.

“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

“Is there any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous,
Or profit if you make your ways perfect?

“You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And light will shine on your ways.

“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

“My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

“He provides them with security, and they are supported;
And His eyes are on their ways.

“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

“God understands its way,
And He knows its place.

“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king among the troops,
As one who comforted the mourners.

“On the right hand their brood arises;
They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

“Does He not see my ways
And number all my steps?

“If my step has turned from the way,
Or my heart followed my eyes,
Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

“For He pays a man according to his work,
And makes him find it according to his way.

“For His eyes are upon the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.

Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways;

“Who has appointed Him His way,
And who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

“Where is the way that the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

“Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,

“He is the first of the ways of God;
Let his maker bring near his sword.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish.

Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my foes;
Make Your way straight before me.

His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.

As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the Lord is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

The God who girds me with strength
And makes my way blameless?

Make me know Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.

Good and upright is the Lord;
Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.

He leads the humble in justice,
And He teaches the humble His way.

Who is the man who fears the Lord?
He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me in a level path
Because of my foes.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.

Let their way be dark and slippery,
With the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

The steps of a man are established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”

Our heart has not turned back,
And our steps have not deviated from Your way,

This is the way of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who approve their words. Selah.

“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way aright
I shall show the salvation of God.”

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.

That Your way may be known on the earth,
Your salvation among all nations.

Your way, O God, is holy;
What god is great like our God?

Your way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints may not be known.

Why have You broken down its hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

“Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

Righteousness will go before Him
And will make His footsteps into a way.

Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.

All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.

“For forty years I loathed that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.

I will give heed to the blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

He has weakened my strength in the way;
He has shortened my days.

He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the sons of Israel.

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region;
They did not find a way to an inhabited city.

He led them also by a straight way,
To go to an inhabited city.

Fools, because of their rebellious way,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

Aleph.
How blessed are those whose way is blameless,
Who walk in the law of the Lord.

They also do no unrighteousness;
They walk in His ways.

Oh that my ways may be established
To keep Your statutes!

Beth.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping it according to Your word.

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.

I will meditate on Your precepts
And regard Your ways.

I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.

Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
So I will meditate on Your wonders.

Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your law.

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

I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will enlarge my heart.

He.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall observe it to the end.

Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
And revive me in Your ways.

I considered my ways
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.