Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gates » Illustrative » (strait,) of the entrance to life
Highways » Figurative
For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:
A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!
Verse Concepts
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!
who will survive from Assyria,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks the path. Even the fool will not go astray. There will be no lion there, and no vicious beast will go up on it; they will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk [on it], and the ransomed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake [them], and sorrow and sighing will flee.
A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rough places a plain.
"Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
Life » The gate and way which leads to life
so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
"Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem. "Lord," someone asked Him, "are there few being saved?" He said to them, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won't be able
Right » Hand taken » Way
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.
You clear a straight path for the righteous.
that the Lord your God may tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
Verse Concepts
Righteous » Few
The Saved » Description of » Number spoken of as few
who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people—were saved through water.
Verse Concepts
Strait gate » The narrow path toward righteousness
"Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
Way » Evil provided » Right
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.
You clear a straight path for the righteous.
that the Lord your God may tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
Verse Concepts