'Paths' in the Bible

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways.

From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

when my paths were washed in sour milk, and [the] rock poured out streams of oil for me.

On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

"Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder,

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

In the sea is Thy way, And Thy paths are in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.

In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

Remove false paths from me; and graciously give me your instruction.

But for those who choose their own devious paths, the LORD will lead them away, along with those who practice evil. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents

My son, do not go along with them, and keep your feet away from their paths!

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;it takes the lives of those who receive it.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Carefully measure the paths for your feet, and all your ways will be established.

The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

Keep your paths far from her, and do not go near to the door of her house,

For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,and He considers all his paths.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

calling to those who pass by,who go straight ahead on their paths:

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

A wicked man is strong in {his countenance}, but the upright will appoint his paths.

Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

Who did He consult with?Who gave Him understandingand taught Him the paths of justice?Who taught Him knowledgeand showed Him the way of understanding?

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Watch! I'm about to carry out something new! And now it's springing up don't you recognize it? I'm making a way in the wilderness and paths in the desert.

I myself have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his paths smooth. He himself shall build my city, and he shall set my exiles free, not for price or a gift," says Yahweh of hosts.

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

Therefore, their way will be to themlike slippery paths in the gloom.They will be driven away and fall down there,for I will bring disaster on them,the year of their punishment.This is the Lord’s declaration.

They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel's father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.'"

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God, yet traps are laid for him along all of his paths; animosity rages against him in the land of his God.

As mighty ones they run, As men of war they go up a wall, And each in his own ways they do go, And they embarrass not their paths.

And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

You have revealed the paths of life to me;You will fill me with gladnessin Your presence.

and said, “You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways!

For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].

Therefore I was greatly grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are ever going astray in heart, and have not learnt to know My paths.'

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.