13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

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13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[a](A) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.(B)

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  1. Hebrews 12:13 Prov. 4:26

26 Ponder the path of your (A)feet,
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.

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26 Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet(A)
    and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(B)
    keep your foot from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level

(A)Strengthen the [a]weak hands,
And make firm the [b]feeble knees.

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  1. Isaiah 35:3 Lit. sinking
  2. Isaiah 35:3 tottering or stumbling

Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees(A) that give way;

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Bear and Share Burdens

Brethren, if a man is [a]overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of (A)gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

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  1. Galatians 6:1 caught

Doing Good to All

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit(A) should restore(B) that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.

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Then the (A)lame shall leap like a deer,
And the (B)tongue of the dumb sing.
For (C)waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
And streams in the desert.

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Then will the lame(A) leap like a deer,(B)
    and the mute tongue(C) shout for joy.(D)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams(E) in the desert.

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(A)The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(B)“Prepare the way of the Lord;
(C)Make straight [a]in the desert
A highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
(D)The crooked places shall be made [b]straight
And the rough places smooth;

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  1. Isaiah 40:3 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
  2. Isaiah 40:4 Or a plain

A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way(A) for the Lord[a];
make straight(B) in the desert
    a highway for our God.[b](C)
Every valley shall be raised up,(D)
    every mountain and hill(E) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,(F)
    the rugged places a plain.

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  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
  2. Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God

Behold, I will bring them (A)from the north country,
And (B)gather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there.
(C)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk (D)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My (E)firstborn.

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See, I will bring them from the land of the north(A)
    and gather(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind(C) and the lame,(D)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
They will come with weeping;(E)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(F) them beside streams of water(G)
    on a level(H) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(I)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.

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16 I will lead(A) the blind(B) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(C) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.(D)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake(E) them.

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22 And on some have compassion, [a]making a distinction; 23 but (A)others save [b]with fear, (B)pulling them out of the [c]fire, hating even (C)the garment defiled by the flesh.

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  1. Jude 1:22 NU who are doubting (or making distinctions)
  2. Jude 1:23 NU omits with fear
  3. Jude 1:23 NU adds and on some have mercy with fear

22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire;(A) to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.[a](B)

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  1. Jude 1:23 The Greek manuscripts of these verses vary at several points.

16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (A)The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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  1. James 5:16 NU Therefore confess your sins
  2. James 5:16 supplication

16 Therefore confess your sins(A) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(B) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(C)

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A (A)highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
(B)The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.
(C)No lion shall be there,
Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it;
It shall not be found there.
But the redeemed shall walk there,
10 And the (D)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And (E)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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And a highway(A) will be there;
    it will be called the Way of Holiness;(B)
    it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean(C) will not journey on it;
    wicked fools will not go about on it.
No lion(D) will be there,
    nor any ravenous beast;(E)
    they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed(F) will walk there,
10     and those the Lord has rescued(G) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;(H)
    everlasting joy(I) will crown their heads.
Gladness(J) and joy will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.(K)

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Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;

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Every valley shall be filled in,
    every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight,
    the rough ways smooth.

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15 “Because My people have forgotten (A)Me,
They have burned incense to worthless idols.
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,
From the (B)ancient paths,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway,

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15 Yet my people have forgotten(A) me;
    they burn incense(B) to worthless idols,(C)
which made them stumble(D) in their ways,
    in the ancient paths.(E)
They made them walk in byways,
    on roads not built up.(F)

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