49 Bible Verses about Direction

“The Lord will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you from one direction but flee from you in seven directions.

The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

He drove man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the Lord’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority.

Listen to instruction and be wise;
don’t ignore it.

They swirl about,
turning round and round at His direction,
accomplishing everything He commands them
over the surface of the inhabited world.

When they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

What road leads to the place where light is dispersed?
Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth?

A wise man’s heart goes to the right,
but a fool’s heart to the left.

After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

This is what they are to you—
those who have wearied you
and have traded with you from your youth—
each wanders on his own way;
no one can save you.

I will instruct you and show you the way to go;
with My eye on you, I will give counsel.

Can two walk together
without agreeing to meet?

When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved. But wherever the head faced, they would go in that direction, without pivoting as they went.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,

A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.

A man’s steps are determined by the Lord,
so how can anyone understand his own way?

I thought about my ways
and turned my steps back to Your decrees.

So follow the way of good people,
and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Then he said to his servant, “Go up and look toward the sea.”

So he went up, looked, and said, “There’s nothing.”

Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

Without guidance, people fall,
but with many counselors there is deliverance.

The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on that one highway, lowing as they went; they never strayed to the right or to the left. The Philistine rulers were walking behind them to the territory of Beth-shemesh.

Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, the creatures went in the direction the Spirit was moving. The wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the Lord’s presence.

For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Youths oppress My people,
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.

Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”

so that Your eyes may watch over this temple night and day,
toward the place where You said:
My name will be there,
and so that You may hear the prayer
that Your servant prays toward this place.

From Asaph’s sons:
Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king.

Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,
or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman,
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.

I am pressured by both. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ—which is far better—

Then David inquired of the Lord: “Should I go to war against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”

The Lord replied to David, “Go, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”

But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.’

You will winnow them
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?

Indeed He loves the people.
All Your holy ones are in Your hand,
and they assemble at Your feet.
Each receives Your words.

Now when we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide the whole animal.

a wise man will listen and increase his learning,
and a discerning man will obtain guidance—

In any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained.

They will ask about Zion,
turning their faces to this road.
They will come and join themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions, but did not seek the Lord’s counsel.

“At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to My dear people. It comes not to winnow or to sift;

Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast for all Judah,

Crossing the street near her corner,
he strolled down the road to her house

And consider ships: Though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

I am not afraid of the thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.