Lexicon :: Strong's H5148 - nāḥâ

and said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

“Then I knelt low, worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who guided me on the right way to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road to the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearby; for God said, “The people will change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war.”

The LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them light at night, so that they could travel day or night.

With your faithful love,

you will lead the people

you have redeemed;

you will guide them to your holy dwelling

with your strength.

“Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about; see, my angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will hold them accountable for their sin.”

Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak brought me from Aram;

the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:

“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;

come, denounce Israel! ”

The LORD alone led him,

with no help from a foreign god.

So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

The king of Assyria deported the Israelites to Assyria and put them in Halah, along the Habor (Gozan’s river), and in the cities of the Medes,

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day,

and with a pillar of fire by night,

to illuminate the way they should go.

you did not abandon them in the wilderness

because of your great compassion.

During the day the pillar of cloud

never turned away from them,

guiding them on their journey.

And during the night the pillar of fire

illuminated the way they should go.

He makes nations great, then destroys them;

he enlarges nations, then leads them away.

for from my youth, I raised him as his father,

and since the day I was born[fn] I guided the widow —

Can you bring out the constellations[fn] in their season

and lead the Bear[fn] and her cubs?

LORD, lead me in your righteousness

because of my adversaries;

make your way straight before me.

He renews my life;

he leads me along the right paths[fn]

for his name’s sake.

Because of my adversaries,

show me your way, LORD,

and lead me on a level path.

For you are my rock and my fortress;

you lead and guide me

for your name’s sake.

Send your light and your truth; let them lead me.

Let them bring me to your holy mountain,

to your dwelling place.

Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

I call to you from the ends of the earth

when my heart is without strength.

Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,

for you judge the peoples with fairness

and lead the nations on earth.Selah

You guide me with your counsel,

and afterward you will take me up in glory.[fn]

You led your people like a flock

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

He led them with a cloud by day

and with a fiery light throughout the night.

He led them safely, and they were not afraid;

but the sea covered their enemies.

He shepherded them with a pure heart

and guided them with his skillful hands.

They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.

Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.

Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

even there your hand will lead me;

your right hand will hold on to me.

See if there is any offensive[fn] way in me;

lead me in the everlasting way.

Teach me to do your will,

for you are my God.

May your gracious Spirit

lead me on level ground.

When you walk here and there, they will guide you;

when you lie down, they will watch over you;

when you wake up, they will talk to you.

The integrity of the upright guides them,

but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.

A person’s gift opens doors[fn] for him

and brings him before the great.

“I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;

I will lead him and restore comfort

to him and his mourners,

“The LORD will always lead you,

satisfy you in a parched land,

and strengthen your bones.

You will be like a watered garden

and like a spring whose water never runs dry.