Guidance & Direction Verses
Let God's word be a lamp to your feet. Verses on divine direction, purpose, and life's calling.
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; {He made...: Heb. He weighed a path} {life...: or, beasts to the murrain}
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Why hast thou {then} broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch {that} thou madest strong for thyself.
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. {were...: Heb. passed away}
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, {and} Israel had walked in my ways!
Blessed {is} the man whose strength {is} in thee; in whose heart {are} the ways {of them}.
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned {thyself} from the fierceness of thine anger. {thyself...: or, thine anger from waxing hot}
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set {us} in the way of his steps.