'Path' in the Bible

Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.

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.

Then the angel of the Lord stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side.

For I know that after I die you will totally corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly before the Lord, inciting him to anger because of your actions."

But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord's commands, but they did not.

Joshua left those nations to test Israel. I wanted to see whether or not the people would carefully walk in the path marked out by the Lord, as their ancestors were careful to do."

The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.

Amasa was squirming in his own blood in the middle of the path, and this man had noticed that all the soldiers stopped. Having noticed that everyone who came across Amasa stopped, the man pulled him away from the path and into the field and threw a garment over him.

Once he had removed Amasa from the path, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.

"Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked --

a hidden path no bird of prey knows -- no falcon's eye has spotted it.

When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.

Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

May their path be dark and slippery, as the Lord's angel chases them!

Remove me from the path of deceit! Graciously give me your law!

I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to your regulations.

I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.

Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.

I stay away from the evil path, so that I might keep your instructions.

(Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path!

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel."

Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the Lord your God when he was leading you along the right path.

"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.

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!"

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.

When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king's garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.

He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.

I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness -- for nothing escapes them!

They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each one proceeds on his course; they do not alter their path.

And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain's path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam's error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah's rebellion.