Lexicon :: Strong's H734 - 'ōraḥ

“Dan shall be a [venomous] serpent in the way,

A fanged snake in the path,

That bites the horse’s heels,

So that his rider falls backward.

“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,

In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted,

And travelers went by roundabout ways.

“The paths of their course wind along,

They go up into nothing and perish.

[Your counsel is as helpful to me as a dry streambed in the heat of summer.]

“So are the paths of all who forget God;

And the hope of the godless will perish,

“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]

And [critically] observe all my paths;

You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],

“For when a few years are past,

I shall go the way of no return.

“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,

And He has set darkness upon my paths.

“Will you keep to the ancient path

That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],

“On my right the [rabble] brood rises;

They push my feet away, and they build up their ways of destruction against me [like an advancing army].

“The stranger has not lodged in the street,

Because I have opened my door to the traveler.

‘He puts my feet in the stocks [to hinder and humiliate me];

He [suspiciously] watches all my paths,’ [you say].

“For God pays a man according to his work,

And He will make every man find [appropriate] compensation according to his way.

The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,

Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

You will show me the path of life;

In Your presence is fullness of joy;

In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Concerning the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips

I have kept away from the paths of the violent.

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;

It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

Let me know Your ways, O LORD;

Teach me Your paths.

All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness

To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Teach me Your way, O LORD,

And lead me on a level path

Because of my enemies [who lie in wait].

Our heart has not turned back,

Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,

Beth.

How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].

I will meditate on Your precepts

And [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].

I have restrained my feet from every evil way,

That I may keep Your word.

From Your precepts I get understanding;

Therefore I hate every false way.

Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything;

I hate every false way.

You scrutinize my path and my lying down,

And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],

You knew my path.

In the way where I walk

They have hidden a trap for me.

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;

Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.

He guards the paths of justice;

And He preserves the way of His saints (believers).

From those who leave the paths of uprightness

To walk in the ways of darkness;

Whose paths are crooked,

And who are devious in their ways;

None who go to her return again,

Nor do they regain the paths of life—

[fn]In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him,

And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

Do not enter the path of the wicked,

And do not go the way of evil men.

But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,

That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.

So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;

Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

“I, [Wisdom, continuously] walk in the way of righteousness,

In the midst of the paths of justice,

Calling to those who pass by,

Who are making their paths straight:

He who learns from instruction and correction is on the [right] path of life [and for others his example is a path toward wisdom and blessing],

But he who ignores and refuses correction goes off course [and for others his example is a path toward sin and ruin].

In the way of righteousness is life,

And in its pathway there is no death [but immortality—eternal life].

There is severe discipline for him who [fn]turns from the way [of righteousness];

And he who hates correction will die.

The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him],

But the way [of life] of the upright is smooth and open like a highway.

The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise,

That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.

A wicked man receives a bribe from the [hidden] pocket

To pervert the ways of justice.

Or you will learn his [undisciplined] ways

And get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].

And many peoples shall come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,

To the house (temple) of the God of Jacob;

That He may teach us His ways

And that we may walk in His paths.”

For the law will go out from Zion

And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

O My people! Children are their oppressors,

And women rule over them.

O My people! Your leaders lead you astray

And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.