'Direct' in the Bible

All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all,

Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.

Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away. Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household.”

O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the intentions of the heart of Your people, and direct their heart to You;

“If you would direct your heart rightAnd spread out your hand to Him,

Listen, my son, and be wise,And direct your heart in the way.

I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not in himself,Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

“Set up for yourself roadmarks,Place for yourself guideposts;Direct your mind to the highway,The way by which you went.Return, O virgin of Israel,Return to these your cities.

The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.

They feed on the sin of My peopleAnd direct their desire toward their iniquity.

But some of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to observe the Law of Moses.”

Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches.

Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you;

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.