Hebrews 12:13

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“and make straight paths for your feet,Proverbs 4:26 so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.”

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Proverbs 4:26-27 "Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established."
Galatians 6:1 "Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to your…"
Isaiah 35:3 "Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees."
Isaiah 35:6 "Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams i…"
Isaiah 40:3-4 "The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God."
Jude 1:22-23 "On some have compassion, making a distinction,"
James 5:16 "Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is pow…"
Jeremiah 31:8-9 "Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lam…"

Commentary

Quoted from Pro 4:26, Septuagint, "Make straight paths for thy feet." straight--that is, leading by a straight road to joy and grace (Heb 12:1-2, Heb 12:15). Cease to "halt" between Judaism and Christianity [BENGEL]. paths--literally, "wheel tracks." Let your walk be so firm and so unanimous in the right direction that a plain track and "highway" may be thereby established for those who accompany and follow you, to perceive and walk in (Isa 35:8) [ALFORD]. that which is lame--those "weak in the faith" (Rom 14:1), having still Judaizing prejudices. be turned out of the way-- (Pro 4:27); and, so missing the way, lose the prize of "the race" (Heb 12:1). rather he healed--Proper exercise of itself contributes to health; the habit of walking straight onward in the right way tends to healing.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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