Hebrews 12:13

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“Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.”

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BSBPD

“Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 12:13 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 4:26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
  2. Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
  3. Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
  4. Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
  5. Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
  6. Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
  7. Isaiah 58:12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
  8. Jeremiah 18:15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
  9. Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
  10. Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
  11. Galatians 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
  12. James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
  13. Jude 1:22And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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