Proverbs 8:20
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
KJV
In viis justitiæ ambulo, in medio semitarum judicii :
Vulgate
ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης περιπατῶ, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τρίβων δικαιώματος ἀναστρέφομαι,
LXX
I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
ASV
בְּ/אֹֽרַח צְדָקָ֥ה אֲהַלֵּ֑ך בְּ֝/ת֗וֹךְ נְתִיב֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 422×
י
y
noun · 26×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 2:28 — Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
- Deut 5:32 — Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Gal 5:18 — But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
- Isa 2:3 — And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Z
- Isa 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther
- Isa 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
- Isa 61:8 — For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
- John 10:3 — To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
- John 10:27 — My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- Josh 1:7 — Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou ma
- Matt 7:14 — Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Prov 2:8 — He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
- Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- Prov 4:11 — I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
- Prov 6:22 — When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
- Prov 14:8 — The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Ps 23:3 — He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- Ps 23:3 — He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- Ps 25:4 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
- Ps 25:4 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
- Ps 25:9 — The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
- Ps 32:8 — I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- Ps 48:14 — For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- Ps 73:24 — Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
- Ps 119:35 — Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- Ps 119:66 — Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
- Rev 7:17 — For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
- Rom 8:14 — For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.