Topic
Way
93 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 7:13ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE — Of sin, broad
¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
- John 14:6ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE — Jesus is the
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- Acts 9:2ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE — Doctrines taught by Christ
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
- Acts 19:23ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE — Doctrines taught by Christ
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
- Acts 22:4ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE — Doctrines taught by Christ
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- Acts 24:22ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE — Doctrines taught by Christ
And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
- Genesis 3:24ISBE
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
- Genesis 6:12ISBE
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
- Genesis 18:19ISBE
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Exodus 18:20ISBE
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
- Exodus 23:20ISBE
¶ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- Exodus 32:8ISBE
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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- Numbers 20:17 ISBE
- Numbers 22:32 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 8:6 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 26:17 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 28:29 ISBE
- Judges 2:19 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 8:3 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 18:14 ISBE
- 1 Kings 2:3 ISBE
- 1 Kings 8:32 ISBE
- 1 Kings 8:39 ISBE
- 1 Kings 13:33 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 6:23 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 27:7 ISBE
- Job 13:15 ISBE
- Job 22:15 ISBE
- Job 23:11 ISBE
- Job 30:12 ISBE
- Job 34:11 ISBE
- Job 34:21 ISBE
- Psalms 1:6 ISBE
- Psalms 16:11 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of holiness
- Psalms 51:13 ISBE
- Psalms 103:7 ISBE
- Psalms 119:9 ISBE
- Psalms 119:29 ISBE
- Psalms 119:30 ISBE
- Psalms 119:101 ISBE
- Psalms 119:104 ISBE
- Psalms 119:128 ISBE
- Proverbs 1:19 ISBE
- Proverbs 3:6 ISBE
- Proverbs 6:6 ISBE
- Proverbs 8:20 ISBE
- Proverbs 12:15 ISBE
- Proverbs 12:28 ISBE
- Proverbs 15:10 ISBE
- Proverbs 15:19 ISBE
- Proverbs 15:24 ISBE
- Proverbs 16:2 ISBE
- Proverbs 16:17 ISBE
- Proverbs 17:23 ISBE
- Proverbs 30:19 ISBE
- Isaiah 26:7 ISBE
- Isaiah 26:8 ISBE
- Isaiah 35:8 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of holiness
- Isaiah 35:9 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of holiness
- Isaiah 59:8 ISBE
- Jeremiah 6:16 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of holiness
- Jeremiah 17:10 ISBE
- Jeremiah 21:8 ISBE
- Ezekiel 7:3 ISBE
- Ezekiel 7:9 ISBE
- Daniel 4:37 ISBE
- Hosea 12:2 ISBE
- Hosea 14:9 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of holiness
- Wisdom of Solomon 5:10 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 5:11 ISBE
- Matthew 7:1 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of righteousness, narrow
- Matthew 7:4 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of righteousness, narrow
- Matthew 7:14 ISBE
- Matthew 21:32 ISBE
- Matthew 22:16 ISBE
- Luke 1:79 ISBE
- Luke 13:24 ISBE
- Acts 2:28 ISBE
- Acts 13:10 ISBE
- Acts 14:16 ISBE
- Acts 16:17 ISBE
- Acts 18:25 ISBE
- Acts 18:26 ISBE
- Acts 19:9 ISBE
- Acts 24:14 Nave FIGURATIVE — Doctrines taught by Christ
- Romans 3:17 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 4:17 ISBE
- Hebrews 9:8 Nave FIGURATIVE — Jesus is the
- James 1:8 ISBE
- James 5:20 ISBE
- 2 Peter 2:2 ISBE
- 2 Peter 2:21 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 86 references
wa ('orach, orcha', 'erets, bo', derekh, halikhah, ma`galah, nathibh; hodos, parodos, poreia, tropos; "highway," mecillah, meclul; diexodoi ton hodon): The list just cited contains only a portion of the words translated "way" or "highway" in the King James Version. Most of them have the primary meaning of "road," "customary path," "course of travel" (Ge 3:24; Ex 23:20; Nu 20:17, etc.). By a very easy and natural figure "way" is applied to the course of human conduct, the manner of life which one lives (Ex 18:20; 32:8; Nu 22:32; 1Sa 8:3; 1Ki 13:33, etc.; Ac 14:16; 1Co 4:17; Jas 5:20). "The way of an eagle .... of a serpent .... of a ship .... and of a man" (Pr 30:19) agree in that they leave no trace behind them (compare The Wisdom of Solomon 5:10,11). In some cases the language may be such as to leave it indeterminate whether the way or course of conduct is good or bad (De 28:29; 1Sa 18:14; 2Ch 27:7; Job 13:15; Pr 3:6; 6:6; Jas 1:8), though in most cases the Bible writers attach to every act an ethical evaluation. Sometimes this way of conduct is of purely human choice, without reference to either God or good (Jud 2:19; Job 22:15; 34:21; Ps 119:9; Pr 12:15; 16:2). Such a course is evil (2Ch 7:14; Ps 1:6; 119:101,104,128; Pr 1:19, etc.) and will obtain such punishment as its lack of merit warrants (1Ki 8:32,39; 2Ch 6:23; Job 30:12; 34:11; Jer 17:10; Ezk 7:3,9; Ho 12:2). At the opposite extreme from this is the good way (Ps 1:6; Pr 8:20; 12:28; 15:10; Isa 26:7), which is that course of conduct enjoined by God and exemplified in His perfect conduct (Ge 6:12; 18:19; De 8:6; 26:17; 1Ki 2:3; Job 23:11; Ps 51:13, etc.). These two ways briefly but graphically described by the Lord (Mt 7:13,14; compare Lu 13:24) became the subject of extended catechetical instruction in the early church. See the Epistle of Barnabas, xviii, and the Didache i.1. Frequently the way in this metaphorical sense is characterized by that quality which is its outstanding feature, e.g. mention is made of the way of life (Pr 15:24; Jer 21:8; Ac 2:28); of truth (Ps 119:30; 2Pe 2:2); of peace (Isa 59:8; Lu 1:79; Ro 3:17); of justice (Pr 17:23; Da 4:37); of righteousness (Mt 21:32; 2Pe 2:21); of salvation (Ac 16:17); of lying (Ps 119:29), and of death (Jer 21:8). Frequently God's purpose or His customary action is described as His way (Ps 103:7; Isa 26:8; Mt 22:16; Ac 13:10). Since all of God's plans and purposes tend toward man's salvation, His provisions to this end are frequently spoken of as His Way, and inasmuch as all of the divine plans center in Christ He is preeminently the Way (Joh 14:6). Out of this fact grew the title, "The Way," one of the earliest names applied to Christianity (Ac 9:2; 18:25,26; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:22).
The word highway is used to denote a prominent road, such a one for example as was in ancient times maintained for royal travel and by royal authority. It is always used in the literal sense except in Pr 15:19; 16:17, where it is a course of conduct.
See also PATH, PATHWAY.
W. C. Morro
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.