Thematic Bible: Ways


Thematic Bible



And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“Great and wonderful and awe-inspiring are Your works [in judgment],

O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all];
Righteous and true are Your ways,
O King of the nations!
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does

And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“Great and wonderful and awe-inspiring are Your works [in judgment],

O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all];
Righteous and true are Your ways,
O King of the nations!
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does


great [are You] in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to reward or repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds; Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness Ofdiscipline, divineReward, DivineGod, All knowingGod Seeing All PeopleGod's CounselMighty OneRepaid For Deeds


For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuardsGod's WaysLife, Of FaithSuffering, Of The InnocentWatchfulness, DivineGod, All knowingEvil WaysThe Wicked Will Perish


I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are [fully known] before You.
Verse ConceptsMan's WaysGod, All knowingI Keep The Commandments


You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Verse ConceptsMan's WaysGod's OmnipresencePaths Of BelieversLying Down To Rest


When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.
Verse ConceptsMan's WaysTrapSnares Laid for PeopleGod, All knowingMan TrappingBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed


For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,
And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].
Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeMan's WaysGod, All knowingGod Seeing All People


Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and faithful and His ways are just, and He is able to humiliate and humble those who walk in [self-centered, self-righteous] pride.” Verse ConceptsPraiseHumilityPraise, Reasons ForPredestinationAbility, God's PowerGod Doing RightDoing RightGod Opposes The ProudSpecific Praising Of GodWhat God DoesMental IllnessHuman Duty To Glorify God


He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations,
Yes, the eternal mountains were shattered,
The ancient hills bowed low and collapsed.
His ways are eternal.
Verse ConceptsHillsTheophanyThe AlmightyEternal WorldMountains RemovedGod ShakingThe Ground Being SplitGod Saves From Sin And Death

And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“Great and wonderful and awe-inspiring are Your works [in judgment],

O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all];
Righteous and true are Your ways,
O King of the nations!
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does




The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways
And gracious and kind in all His works.
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfProvidencePerfection Of CreationGod's Faithfulnessdeeds



Whoever is [spiritually] wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is [spiritually] discerning and understanding, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble and fall in them.
Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversStumblingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Human NatureDownfallValuing KnowledgeDiscernment


O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;
It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].
Verse ConceptsMan's WaysGovernmentGuidance, Need For God'sHuman IgnoranceLife, HumanDeterminismNot MeElectguidanceGod's PlanGod Being In ControlPathsGuidance And StrengthGod's Plan For UsA Good Manfootstepsfaterebirth


For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,
And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].
Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeMan's WaysGod, All knowingGod Seeing All People



All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions],
But the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth].
Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesInnocence, Examples OfMotives, Importance OfOutward AppearanceSelf Righteousness, Nature OfHeart, Known To GodGod, All knowingPure PeopleWeighing The ImmaterialEyesPurityMotivationDoing Your BestJudging Others Actionschristianityweightmanmotivespeople

Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have love, pity, and mercy for him, and to our God, for He will multiply to him His abundant pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not fair and just. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way fair and just? Are not your ways unfair and unjust? When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and dies in his sins, for his iniquity that he has done he shall die. Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his life. read more.
Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions which he has committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Yet says the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not fair and just! O house of Israel, are not My ways fair and just? Are not your ways unfair and unjust? Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin and so shall they not be a stumbling block to you.

Yet your people say, The way of the Lord is not perfect or even just; but as for them, it is their own way that is not perfect or even just. When the righteous turns back from his [uncompromising] righteousness and commits perverseness and iniquity, he shall even die in and because of it. But if the wicked turns back from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. read more.
Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not perfect or [even] just. O you house of Israel, I will judge you, every one according to his own ways!


There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.
Verse ConceptsEvil WaysFalse ConfidenceGod's WaysLife, Of FaithWorldly WisdomSin Producing DeathSin Produces Death


Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you, To deliver you from the way of evil and the evil men, from men who speak perverse things and are liars, Men who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, read more.
Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, Who are crooked in their ways, wayward and devious in their paths.

And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“Great and wonderful and awe-inspiring are Your works [in judgment],

O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all];
Righteous and true are Your ways,
O King of the nations!
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does


The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise,
That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.
Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHell, Punishment OfWisdom, Human ImportanceMoving UpwardsNot DyingLife By WisdomPaths Of Lifeacting


He who learns from instruction and correction is on the [right] path of life [and for others his example is a path toward wisdom and blessing],
But he who ignores and refuses correction goes off course [and for others his example is a path toward sin and ruin].
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersAcceptance, Of InstructionRebukePeople Going AstrayLife By WisdomRejecting Reproof


For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.




He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations,
Yes, the eternal mountains were shattered,
The ancient hills bowed low and collapsed.
His ways are eternal.
Verse ConceptsHillsTheophanyThe AlmightyEternal WorldMountains RemovedGod ShakingThe Ground Being SplitGod Saves From Sin And Death


“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. Verse ConceptsDestructionGehennaPathways Of SinDamnationMany Seeking SalvationBroadnessNarrow ThingsEasy For PeopleHellGoing To Heavendistractions



Whoever is [spiritually] wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is [spiritually] discerning and understanding, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble and fall in them.
Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversStumblingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Human NatureDownfallValuing KnowledgeDiscernment


For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuardsGod's WaysLife, Of FaithSuffering, Of The InnocentWatchfulness, DivineGod, All knowingEvil WaysThe Wicked Will Perish


For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuardsGod's WaysLife, Of FaithSuffering, Of The InnocentWatchfulness, DivineGod, All knowingEvil WaysThe Wicked Will Perish