'Smooth' in the Bible
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.
And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
To keep you from the evil woman,From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
“The bricks have fallen down,But we will rebuild with smooth stones;The sycamores have been cut down,But we will replace them with cedars.”
Which sends envoys by the sea,Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth,To a people feared far and wide,A powerful and oppressive nationWhose land the rivers divide.
At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the Lord of hostsFrom a people tall and smooth,Even from a people feared far and wide,A powerful and oppressive nation,Whose land the rivers divide—To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, even Mount Zion.
The way of the righteous is smooth;O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.
A voice is calling,“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
“I will go before you and make the rough places smooth;I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.
“I have aroused him in righteousnessAnd I will make all his ways smooth;He will build My city and will let My exiles go free,Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.
“Among the smooth stones of the ravineIs your portion, they are your lot;Even to them you have poured out a drink offering,You have made a grain offering.Shall I relent concerning these things?
By smooth words he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display strength and take action.