Guidance & Direction Verses
Let God's word be a lamp to your feet. Verses on divine direction, purpose, and life's calling.
The steps of a {good} man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. {ordered: or, established}
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see {it}.
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he {was} not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
[To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. {my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth}
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. {blow: Heb. conflict}
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah. {his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away}
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
{How} thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; {how} thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; {steps: or, goings}
They saw {it, and} so they marvelled; they were troubled, {and} hasted away.
For this God {is} our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide {even} unto death.
This their way {is} their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. {approve...: Heb. delight in their mouth}