'Steps' in the Bible
Nor shall you go up to My altar on steps, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’
“Indeed, He loves His people;All Your holy ones are in Your hand.They followed in Your steps;They accept and receive direction from You.
“You enlarge my steps under me,And my feet have not slipped.
The throne had six steps, and a round top was attached to the throne from the back. On either side of the seat were armrests, and two lions stood beside the armrests.
Twelve lions stood there, one on either end of each of the six steps; there was nothing like it made for any other kingdom.
Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the Lord, that He will do the thing that He has spoken: shall the shadow [indicating the time of day] go forward ten steps, or go backward ten steps?”
Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to go forward ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps.”
So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow on the steps ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.
There were six steps to the throne and a golden footstool attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, with two lions standing beside the arms.
Also, twelve lions were standing there, one on each side of the six steps. Nothing like it had ever been made for any [other] kingdom.
“But now You number [each of] my steps;You do not observe nor take note of my sin.
“The vigorous stride will be shortened,And his own counsel and the scheme [in which he trusted] will bring his downfall.
“My feet have carefully followed His steps;I have kept His ways and not turned aside.
When my steps [through rich pastures] were washed with butter and cream [from my livestock],And the rock poured out for me streams of oil [from my olive groves].
“I would count out to Him the number of my steps [with every detail of my life],Approaching His presence as if I were a prince.
“For God’s eyes are on the ways of a man,And He sees all his steps.
My steps have held closely to Your paths;My feet have not staggered.
You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,So that my feet will not slip.
The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord,And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].
The law of his God is in his heart;Not one of his steps will slip.
He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.
Our heart has not turned back,Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,
They attack, they hide and lurk,They watch my steps,As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
They set a net for my steps;My very life was bowed down.They dug a pit before me;Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,My steps had almost slipped.
Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;Protect me from violent menWho intend to trip up my steps.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded [for your path will be clear and open];And when you run, you will not stumble.
Her feet go down to death;Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].
A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life],But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them.
Man’s steps are ordered and ordained by the Lord.How then can a man [fully] understand his way?
(The Bridegroom)“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,Let me see your face,Let me hear your voice;For your voice is sweet,And your face is lovely.”
“The foot will trample it,Even the feet of the suffering, and the steps of the helpless.”
Listen carefully, I will turn the shadow on the stairway [denoting the time of day] ten steps backward, the shadow on the stairway (sundial) of Ahaz.” And the sunlight went ten steps backward on the stairway where it had [previously] gone down.
O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].
“Place for yourself road signs [toward Canaan],Make for yourself guideposts;Turn your thought and attention to the highway,To the way by which you went [into exile].Retrace your steps, O virgin of Israel,Return to these your cities.
The enemy hunted our steps,So that we could not walk in our streets;Our end drew near,Our days were finishedFor our end had come.
Then he went to the gate which faced the east and went up its [seven] steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod in width; and the other threshold [of the gate inside the thick wall] was one rod in width.
Its windows and its porches and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the gate that faced toward the east. It was reached by going up seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.
There were seven steps going up to the gate, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree decorations [carved] on its side pillars, one on each side.
Its porches faced the outer courtyard; and palm tree decorations were [carved] on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps.
Its porches faced the outer courtyard; and palm tree decorations were [carved] on either side of its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps.
Its side pillars faced the outer courtyard, and palm tree decorations were [carved] on them on either side. And its stairway had eight steps.
The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits; and at the stairway by which it was ascended, there were [two] columns beside the side pillars, one on each side [of the entrance].
The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide on its four sides, and the border around it shall be half a cubit; and its base shall be a cubit all around, and its steps shall face the east.”
He will have power over the treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Ethiopians will follow in his footsteps.