'Path' in the Bible

He will be a snake by the road,a viper beside the path,that bites the horses’ heelsso that its rider falls backward.

But God was incensed that Balaam was going, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand on the path to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing on the path with a drawn sword in His hand, she turned off the path and went into the field. So Balaam hit her to return her to the path.

Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the path with a drawn sword in His hand. Balaam knelt and bowed with his face to the ground.

Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that You were standing in the path to confront me. And now, if it is evil in Your sight, I will go back.”

and a curse, if you do not obey the commands of the Lord your God and you turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods you have not known.

For I know that after my death you will become completely corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. Disaster will come to you in the future, because you will do what is evil in the Lord’s sight, infuriating Him with what your hands have made.”

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!”

Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,whom God has hedged in?

A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,and a snare waits for him along the path.

Will you continue on the ancient paththat wicked men have walked?

How you have counseled the unwiseand thoroughly explained the path to success!

No bird of prey knows that path;no falcon’s eye has seen it.

when He established a limit for the rainand a path for the lightning,

They tear up my path;they contribute to my destruction,without anyone to help them.

BOOK I(Psalms 1–41)How happy is the manwho does not follow the advice of the wickedor take the path of sinnersor join a group of mockers!

You reveal the path of life to me;in Your presence is abundant joy;in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Because of my adversaries,show me Your way, Lord,and lead me on a level path.

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.He sets himself on a path that is not goodand does not reject evil.

Our hearts have not turned back;our steps have not strayed from Your path.

Your way went through the seaand Your path through the great waters,but Your footprints were unseen.

He cleared a path for His anger.He did not spare them from deathbut delivered their lives to the plague.

He led them by the right pathto go to a city where they could live.

Help me stay on the path of Your commands,for I take pleasure in it.

I have kept my feet from every evil pathto follow Your word.

נ NunYour word is a lamp for my feetand a light on my path.

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;they spread a net along the pathand set snares for me.Selah

Although my spirit is weak within me,You know my way.Along this path I travelthey have hidden a trap for me.

my son, don’t travel that road with themor set foot on their path,

Then you will understand righteousness, justice,and integrity—every good path.

Don’t set foot on the path of the wicked;don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Carefully consider the path for your feet,and all your ways will be established.

She doesn’t consider the path of life;she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,but the one who rejects correction goes astray.

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

There is life in the path of righteousness,but another path leads to death. >

Discipline is harsh for the one who leaves the path;the one who hates correction will die.

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,but the path of the upright is a highway.

Foolishness brings joy to one without sense,but a man with understanding walks a straight path.

For the discerning the path of life leads upward,so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;the one who guards himself stays far from them.

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.

The path of the righteous is level;You clear a straight path for the righteous.

Yes, Yahweh, we wait for Youin the path of Your judgments.Our desire is for Your name and renown.

A road will be there and a way;it will be called the Holy Way.The unclean will not travel on it,but it will be for the one who walks the path.Even the fool will not go astray.

He pursues them, going on safely,hardly touching the path with his feet.

This is what the Lord says—who makes a way in the sea,and a path through surging waters,

They have not known the path of peace,and there is no justice in their ways.They have made their roads crooked;no one who walks on them will know peace.

I spread out My hands all day longto a rebellious peoplewho walk in the wrong path,following their own thoughts.

ג GimelHe has cut off every horn of Israelin His burning angerand withdrawn His right handin the presence of the enemy.He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming firethat consumes everything.

And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand.”

So I will be like a lion to them;I will lurk like a leopard on the path.

They attack as warriors attack;they scale walls as men of war do.Each goes on his own path,and they do not change their course.

They do not push each other;each man proceeds on his own path.They dodge the arrows, never stopping.

They trample the heads of the pooron the dust of the groundand block the path of the needy.A man and his father have sexual relationswith the same girl,profaning My holy name.

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.His path is in the whirlwind and storm,and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.