Topic
Path; Pathway
27 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 49:17ISBE
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- Job 8:13ISBE
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
- Psalms 16:11ISBE
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Psalms 25:4ISBE
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
- Psalms 25:10ISBE
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- Psalms 65:11ISBE
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
- Proverbs 2:8ISBE
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
- Proverbs 2:13ISBE
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
- Proverbs 2:15ISBE
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
- Proverbs 2:19ISBE
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
- Proverbs 2:20ISBE
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
- Proverbs 4:11ISBE
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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- Proverbs 4:18 ISBE
- Proverbs 12:28 ISBE
- Isaiah 2:3 ISBE
- Isaiah 26:7 ISBE
- Isaiah 40:14 ISBE
- Isaiah 59:8 ISBE
- Tobit 4:10 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 5:10 ISBE
- Baruch 3:21 ISBE
- Baruch 3:31 ISBE
- 2 Esdras 14:22 ISBE
- Matthew 3:3 ISBE
- Mark 1:3 ISBE
- Luke 3:4 ISBE
- Hebrews 12:13 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 27 references
path, path'-wa (orach, nethibhah, etc.; tribos, trochia):
(1) In the Old Testament.--In addition to its obvious literal sense (e.g. Ge 49:17), it has very frequently a figurative meaning.
(a) As applied to man, a course or manner of life: (i) man's outward lot in life, his career or destiny, whether of the just man (Isa 26:7) or of the ungodly (Job 8:13); (ii) frequently in an ethical sense, of men's conduct or inward life-purpose, whether it be good or evil (e.g. Pr 2:15), generally accompanied by a term defining the moral quality of the conduct, either an abstract noun (e.g. "the paths of uprightness," Pr 2:13; 4:11; "the paths of justice," Pr 2:8; Isa 40:14; "the paths of life," Ps 16:11; Pr 2:19), or a concrete adjective or noun (e.g. "crooked paths," Isa 59:8; "the paths of the righteous," Pr 2:20; 4:18).
(b) The term is also applied to God either (i) of the methods of the Divine Providence, God's dealings with men (Ps 25:10; 65:11), or (ii) of the principles and maxims of religion and morality divinely revealed to man ("Show me thy ways, O Yahweh, teach me thy paths," Ps 25:4; compare Isa 2:3).
(2) In the Apocrypha we have the "paths" of Wisdom (tribos, Baruch 3:21,31); the "path" shown to men by the Law (semita, 2 Esdras 14:22); and a man's "paths" (tribos, Tobit 4:10).
(3) In the New Testament the word occurs only in Mt 3:3 and parallel passages Mr 1:3; Lu 3:4 (of the forerunner's work), and in Heb 12:13 (in the Old Testament ethical sense).
Pathway occurs in Pr 12:28 (derekh nethibhah) and The Wisdom of Solomon 5:10 (atrapos).
See WAY.
D. Miall Edwards
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.