4 Bible Verses about Highways
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And the master said to the slave, 'Go out on the roads, and among the hedges, and make them come so that my house may be full.
So go out where the roads leave the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.'
So his slaves went out on the roads, and got together all the people they could find, good or bad, and the hall was filled with guests.
Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' "
From Thematic Bible
Highways » Figurative
It was he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, when he said, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight!' "
Highways » Roads for public use
Highways » Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Highways » Infested with » Robbers
Jesus replied, "A man was on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers, and they stripped him and beat him and went off leaving him half dead. Now a priest happened to be going that way, and when he saw him, he went by on the other side of the road. And a Levite also came to the place, and when he saw him, he went by on the other side. read more.
But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon him, and when he saw him he pitied him,
Highways » Illustrative » Of facilities for the restoration of the jews
Highways » Infested with » Wild beasts
Highways » Generally straight
Highways » Generally broad
Highways » Illustrative » (made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel
Highways » Beggars sat by sides of
And they came to Jericho. As he was leaving the town with his disciples and a great crowd, Timaeus' son Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the roadside.
And two blind men sitting by the roadside, hearing that it was Jesus who was passing, called out, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"
Highways » Made to all cities of refuge
Highways » Marked out by heaps of stones
Highways » Often obstructed
Highways » Infested with » Serpents
Highways » All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction
Highways » Called the king's highway
Highways » Illustrative » (broad,) of the way to destruction
"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.
Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
But the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few that find it.
Highways » Illustrative » Of the way of holiness
Highways » Often made in deserts
Highways » By-paths more secure in times of danger
Highways » Illustrative » Of Christ
Jesus said to him, "I am Way and Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
