Guidance & Direction Verses
Let God's word be a lamp to your feet. Verses on divine direction, purpose, and life's calling.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
But he knoweth the way that I take: {when} he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. {that...: Heb. that is with me}
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
{Some} remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed {thereof}. {feed...: or, feed them}
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
They cause {him} to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf {from} the hungry;
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
He {is} swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
{Though} it be given him {to be} in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes {are} upon their ways.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all {other}, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. {are gone: Heb. are not} {taken...: Heb. closed up}
Lo, these {are} parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?