23 Bible Verses about Highways

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Isaiah 35:8

A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.

Luke 14:23

So the master said to his slave, 'Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

Isaiah 49:11

I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways."

Isaiah 19:23

At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will visit Egypt, and the Egyptians will visit Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

Isaiah 62:10

Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!

Isaiah 33:8

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the Lord is his name! Rejoice before him!

Matthew 22:10

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Isaiah 11:16

There will be a highway leading out of Assyria for the remnant of his people, just as there was for Israel, when they went up from the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

Isaiah 7:3

So the Lord told Isaiah, "Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

Jeremiah 31:21

I will say, 'My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.

Amos 5:16

Because of Israel's sins this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says: "In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.

Jeremiah 18:15

Yet my people have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to worthless idols! This makes them stumble along in the way they live and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. They have left them to walk in bypaths, in roads that are not smooth and level.

Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord said to his people: "You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not follow it!"

Mark 1:3

the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

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Highways » Figurative

Matthew 3:3

For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

Isaiah 11:16

There will be a highway leading out of Assyria for the remnant of his people, just as there was for Israel, when they went up from the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 35:8-10

A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it. No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it -- they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it, those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Isaiah 40:3-4

A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God. Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

More verses: Matthew 7:13-14

Highways » Roads for public use

Numbers 20:19

Then the Israelites said to him, "We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else."

Deuteronomy 2:27

"Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.

Highways » Desolation of, threatened as a punishment

Leviticus 26:22

I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted.

Isaiah 33:8

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

Highways » Infested with » Robbers

Jeremiah 3:2

"Look up at the hilltops and consider this. You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.

Luke 10:30-33

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. read more.
But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.

Highways » Illustrative » Of facilities for the restoration of the jews

Isaiah 62:10

Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!

Isaiah 11:16

There will be a highway leading out of Assyria for the remnant of his people, just as there was for Israel, when they went up from the land of Egypt.

Highways » Infested with » Wild beasts

1 Kings 13:24

As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it.

Isaiah 35:9

No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it -- they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,

Highways » Generally straight

1 Samuel 6:12

Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.

Highways » Generally broad

Judges 20:45

The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

Judges 20:32

Then the Benjaminites said, "They are defeated just as before." But the Israelites said, "Let's retreat and lure them away from the city into the main roads."

Highways » Illustrative » (made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel

Isaiah 43:19

"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.

Highways » Beggars sat by sides of

Mark 10:46

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Matthew 20:30

Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

Highways » Made to all cities of refuge

Deuteronomy 19:2-3

you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession. You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the Lord your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.

Highways » Marked out by heaps of stones

Jeremiah 31:21

I will say, 'My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.

Highways » Often obstructed

Jeremiah 18:15

Yet my people have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to worthless idols! This makes them stumble along in the way they live and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. They have left them to walk in bypaths, in roads that are not smooth and level.

Highways » Infested with » Serpents

Genesis 49:17

May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

Highways » All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction

Isaiah 40:3-4

A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God. Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

Highways » Called the king's highway

Numbers 20:17

Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King's Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.'"

Highways » Illustrative » (broad,) of the way to destruction

Matthew 7:13

"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life

Highways » Illustrative » Of the way of holiness

Isaiah 35:8

A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.

Highways » Often made in deserts

Highways » By-paths more secure in times of danger

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.

Highways » Illustrative » Of Christ

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