Lexicon :: Strong's H734 - 'ōraḥ

Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years.[fn] Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

“Dan will be a snake by the road,

a viper beside the path,

that bites the horse’s heels

so that its rider falls backward.

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,

in the days of Jael,

the main roads were deserted

because travelers kept to the side roads.

Caravans turn away from their routes,

go up into the desert, and perish.

Such is the destiny[fn] of all who forget God;

the hope of the godless will perish.

You put my feet in the stocks

and stand watch over all my paths,

setting a limit for the soles[fn] of my feet.

For only a few years will pass

before I go the way of no return.

He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;

he has veiled my paths with darkness.

Will you continue on the ancient path

that wicked men have walked?

The rabble[fn] rise up at my right;

they trap[fn] my feet

and construct their siege ramp[fn] against me.

No stranger had to spend the night on the street,

for I opened my door to the traveler.

“He puts my feet in the stocks;

he stands watch over all my paths.”

For he repays a person according to his deeds,

and he gives him what his conduct deserves.[fn]

the birds of the sky,

and the fish of the sea

that pass through the currents of the seas.

You reveal the path of life to me;

in your presence is abundant joy;

at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Concerning what people do:

by the words from your lips

I have avoided the ways of the violent.

It is like a bridegroom coming from his home;

it rejoices like an athlete running a course.

Make your ways known to me, LORD;

teach me your paths.

All the LORD’s ways show faithful love and truth

to those who keep his covenant and decrees.

Because of my adversaries,

show me your way, LORD,

and lead me on a level path.

Our hearts have not turned back;

our steps have not strayed from your path.

How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping your[fn] word.

I will meditate on your precepts

and think about your ways.

I have kept my feet from every evil path

to follow your word.

I gain understanding from your precepts;

therefore I hate every false way.

I carefully follow all your precepts

and hate every false way.

You observe my travels and my rest;

you are aware of all my ways.

Although my spirit is weak within me,

you know my way.

Along this path I travel

they have hidden a trap for me.

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;

it takes the lives of those who receive it.[fn]

so that he may guard the paths of justice

and protect the way of his faithful followers.

from those who abandon the right paths

to walk in ways of darkness,

whose paths are crooked,

and whose ways are devious.

None return who go to her;

none reach the paths of life.

in all your ways know him,

and he will make your paths straight.

Keep off the path of the wicked;

don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

shining brighter and brighter until midday.

She doesn’t consider the path of life;

she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

“I walk in the ways of righteousness,

along the paths of justice,

calling to those who pass by,

who go straight ahead on their paths:

The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,

but the one who rejects correction goes astray.

There is life in the path of righteousness,

and in its path there is no death.[fn]

Discipline is harsh for the one who leaves the path;

the one who hates correction will die.

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,

but the path of the upright is a highway.

For the prudent the path of life leads upward,

so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

A wicked person secretly takes a bribe

to subvert the course of justice.

or you will learn his ways

and entangle yourself in a snare.

and many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD,

to the house of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us about his ways

so that we may walk in his paths.”

For instruction will go out of Zion

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Youths oppress my people,

and women rule over them.

My people, your leaders mislead you;

they confuse the direction of your paths.