There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. | There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. |
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. | Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
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I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. | I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. |
Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. | Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. |
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. | For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. |
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. | But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. |
And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. | “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. |
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. | I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. |
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. | Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. |
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. |
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. | In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. |
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. | Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. |
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. | The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him. |
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. | Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” |
The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. | The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless, but it is the ruin of those who do evil. |
Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. | Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. |
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. | I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. |
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. | As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. |
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. | How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. |
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. | As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. |
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. | A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. |
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. | And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. |
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. | Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. |
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. | To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. |
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. | The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. |