'Straight' in the Bible

He was the one the prophet Isaiah was referring to when he said, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked ways will be made straight, and the rough roads will be made smooth.

A woman was there who had a spirit that had disabled her for eighteen years. She was hunched over and completely unable to stand up straight.

Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. And Peter remembered the word from the Lord, and how he had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

At this point Simon Peter arrived, following him, and went straight into the tomb. He observed that the linen cloths were lying there,

Peter, along with John, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Look at us!"

But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.

But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye

and said, "You're full of every form of deception and trickery, you son of the Devil, you enemy of all that is right! You'll never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord, will you?

he said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" Then the man jumped up and began to walk.

Sailing from Troas, we went straight to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,

When we had torn ourselves away from those brothers, we sailed straight to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty before God up to this very day."

They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.