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13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.(A)

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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 Keep straight the path of your feet,
    and all your ways will be sure.(A)
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.(B)

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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

Strengthen the weak hands
    and make firm the feeble knees.(A)

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

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Bear One Another’s Burdens

My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.

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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 lame shall leap like a deer,
    and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness
    and streams in the desert;(A)

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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 voice cries out:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.(A)
Every valley shall be lifted up,
    and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
    and the rough places a plain.(B)

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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

See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north
    and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
among them the blind and the lame,
    those with child and those in labor together;
    a great company, they shall return here.(A)
With weeping they shall come,
    and with consolations[a] I will lead them back;
I will let them walk by brooks of water,
    in a straight path where they shall not stumble,
for I have become a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is my firstborn.(B)

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  1. 31.9 Gk: Heb supplications

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 lead the blind
    by a road they do not know;
by paths they have not known
    I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
    the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
    and I will not forsake them.(A)

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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 have mercy on some who are wavering; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear, hating even the tunic defiled by their bodies.[a](A)

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  1. 23 Gk by the flesh

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 Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.(A)

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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 highway shall be there,[a]
    and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,[b]
    but it shall be for God’s people;[c]
    no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.(A)
No lion shall be there,
    nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
    but the redeemed shall walk there.(B)
10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain joy and gladness,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.(C)

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  1. 35.8 Q ms Gk Syr: MT A highway and a way shall be there
  2. 35.8 Or pass it by
  3. 35.8 Cn: Heb for them

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 shall be made low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
    and the rough ways made 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 But my people have forgotten me;
    they burn offerings to a delusion;
they have stumbled[a] in their ways,
    in the ancient roads,
and have gone into bypaths,
    not the highway,(A)

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  1. 18.15 Gk Syr Vg: Heb they made them stumble

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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