23 Bible Verses about Highways
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There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.
The master told the servant, 'Go to the country roads and lanes and make people come so my house will be full.'
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will come to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
Go then, to the main roads, and invite all those whom you see to come to the feast.'
How happy are those whose strength comes from you, who are eager to make the pilgrimage to Mount Zion.
Pass through! Pass through the gates! Prepare a way for the people! Build up! Build up the highway! Clear away the stones! Raise a flag (standard) for the people!
The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken and its witnesses are despised. No one is respected.
The highway of the upright departs from evil. He who guards his way preserves his life.
Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him who rides upon the heavens by his name, Jehovah, and rejoice before him.
Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
They went to the roads and brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike. And the banquet room was filled with guests.
There will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people who will be left. This will be as it was for Israel when they came up out of the land of Egypt.
Every valley will be raised up! Every mountain and hill made low. The rough ground will become level and the rugged places a plain.
Jehovah said to Isaiah: You and your son Shear-ja'shub should go out to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the (laundryman's field) Fuller's Field.
Set up road marks. Place guideposts! Direct your mind to the highway, the way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel. Return to these your cities.
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.
Listen to Jehovah the God of Hosts, the Almighty: Wailing will be in all the broad ways. They will say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! They will call the farmer to mourning, and the professional mourner to lamentation and crying.
One will say: 'Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way; Take the stumbling block out of the way of my people.'
My people have forgotten me. They burn incense to worthless gods and they have stumbled from their ways. They stray from the ancient paths to walk in pathways and not on a highway.
Jehovah says: Stand by the way [of life] and see and ask for the ancient paths. Walk in the good way and you will find rest. But you said: We will not walk in it!
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of Jehovah (YHWH), make his paths straight. (Isaiah 40:3)
From Thematic Bible
Highways » Figurative
Isaiah spoke of John when he said: He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of Jehovah. Make his paths straight.' (Isaiah 40:3)
The highway of the upright departs from evil. He who guards his way preserves his life.
There will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people who will be left. This will be as it was for Israel when they came up out of the land of Egypt.
There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it. No lions will be there. No fierce animals will pass that way! Those whom Jehovah has rescued will travel home by that road. They will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever. They will be forever free from sorrow and grief.
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley will be raised up! Every mountain and hill made low. The rough ground will become level and the rugged places a plain.
Highways » Roads for public use
The people of Israel said: We will stay on the main road. If we, or our animals, drink any of your water we will pay for it. All we want is to pass through.
If you allow us to travel through your country, we will go straight through and will not leave the road.
Highways » Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
I will send wild animals among you. They will rob you of your children. They will destroy your cattle, and make you so few that your roads will be deserted.
The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken and its witnesses are despised. No one is respected.
Highways » Infested with » Robbers
Lift up your eyes to the bare hills and see. You have had sex with men in every place. You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled (corrupted) (profaned) the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Jesus answered: A man traveled from Jerusalem to Jericho. He fell among robbers. They stripped him, beat him and left him half dead. A priest traveled on that road. When he saw him he passed by on the other side. When a Levite came to the place he saw the man and passed by on the other side. read more.
Then a Samaritan arrived where he was. He was moved with compassion when he saw him.
Highways » Illustrative » Of facilities for the restoration of the jews
Pass through! Pass through the gates! Prepare a way for the people! Build up! Build up the highway! Clear away the stones! Raise a flag (standard) for the people!
There will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people who will be left. This will be as it was for Israel when they came up out of the land of Egypt.
Highways » Infested with » Wild beasts
He went on his way. A lion met him on the road and jumped him and killed him. His dead body was stretched in the road with the donkey by its side. The lion was by the body.
No lions will be there. No fierce animals will pass that way! Those whom Jehovah has rescued will travel home by that road.
Highways » Generally straight
The cows went straight ahead to Bethshemesh. They went on the highway lowing as they went. They did not turn aside to the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Bethshemesh.
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Highways » Generally broad
The others turned and ran to the open country to Rimmon Rock. Five thousand of them were killed on the roads. The Israelites continued to pursue the rest to Gidom, killing two thousand.
The Benjaminites said: They are defeated just as before. But the Israelites planned to retreat and lead them away from the city onto the roads.
Highways » Illustrative » (made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Do you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.
Highways » Beggars sat by sides of
They arrived at Jericho. He left there with his disciples and a large crowd. A blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the side of the road.
Two blind men sitting by the side of the road heard Jesus pass by and cried out: Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!
Highways » Made to all cities of refuge
When all this is done, set aside three cities in the land that Jehovah your God gives you. Provide a route to each of these cities and divide the land that Jehovah your God gives you into three regions. When a person kills someone he may run to one of these cities.
Highways » Marked out by heaps of stones
Set up road marks. Place guideposts! Direct your mind to the highway, the way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel. Return to these your cities.
Highways » Often obstructed
My people have forgotten me. They burn incense to worthless gods and they have stumbled from their ways. They stray from the ancient paths to walk in pathways and not on a highway.
Highways » Infested with » Serpents
Dan will be a snake on a road, a viper on a path that bites a horse's heels so that its rider falls backwards.
Highways » All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley will be raised up! Every mountain and hill made low. The rough ground will become level and the rugged places a plain.
Highways » Called the king's highway
Please permit us to pass through your land. We, including our cattle, will not leave the road or go into your fields or vineyards. We will not drink from your wells. We will stay on the main (king's) road until we are out of your territory.'
Highways » Illustrative » (broad,) of the way to destruction
Enter through the narrow gate, since the gate to destruction is wide and the road that leads to destruction is wide and many enter through it.
Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way to life. Only a few put forth the effort. Yes, only a few people enter the narrow gate.
Highways » Illustrative » Of the way of holiness
There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.
Highways » Often made in deserts
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Highways » By-paths more secure in times of danger
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.
Highways » Illustrative » Of Christ
Jesus proclaimed: I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through me.
