Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides.

The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.

“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.

You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

“Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.

You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

“Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.

A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.

Will you keep to the old path that the wicked have trod?

They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

“There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.

No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon’s eye has seen it.

when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,

when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.

if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,

He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’

Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?

Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.

You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.

Teach me your way, Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.

may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.

They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves.

Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.

He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.

ב Beth

How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.

I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.

Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.

I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.

I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.

נ Nun

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.

When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.

my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;

Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.

Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path.

who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,

whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.

in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.

I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.

She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.

Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,

For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.

Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.

At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.

The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.

In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.

Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.

The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good.

Whoever strays from the path of prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead.

In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

Saying 16

Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:

Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into their own trap, but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.

The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.

Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!”

Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge, or showed him the path of understanding?

He pursues them and moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before.

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

This is what the Lord says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters,

The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace.

This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to worthless idols, which made them stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths. They made them walk in byways, on roads not built up.

“Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished,” declares the Lord.

They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.

he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help.

Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

The prophet, along with my God, is the watchman over Ephraim, yet snares await him on all his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.

So I will be like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”

As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

“a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”

As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.

Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’

Doxology

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!

Paul’s Hardships

We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.

“Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.