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Hebrews 12:13

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τροχιὰςtrochiaspathsG5163 →
ὀρθὰςorthasstraightG3717 →
ποιεῖτεpoieitedo makeG4160 →
τοῖςtoisfor theG3588 →
ποσὶνposinfeetG4228 →
ὑμῶν,humōnof you,G4771 →
ἵναinaso thatG2443 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
χωλὸνchōlonlameG5560 →
ἐκτραπῇ,ektrapēamay be disabled,G1624 →
ἰαθῇiathēamay be healedG2390 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
μᾶλλον.mallonrather.G3123 →

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Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.Proverbs 4:26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.Proverbs 4:26–27Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.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.Isaiah 62:10Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!Hebrews 6:1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,Isaiah 40:3–4A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.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.Isaiah 57:14And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”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.Jude 1:22–23And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;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.Jeremiah 31:8–9Behold, 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!Isaiah 35:8–10And 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.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.1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”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.

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