4 Bible Verses about Highways
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Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'"
From Thematic Bible
Highways » Figurative
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."
Highways » Roads for public use
Highways » Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Highways » Infested with » Robbers
Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing, beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. read more.
But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion.
Highways » Illustrative » Of facilities for the restoration of the jews
Highways » Infested with » Wild beasts
Highways » Generally straight
Highways » Generally broad
Highways » Illustrative » (made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel
Highways » Beggars sat by sides of
And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside begging.
And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
Highways » Made to all cities of refuge
Highways » Marked out by heaps of stones
Highways » Often obstructed
Highways » Infested with » Serpents
Highways » All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction
Highways » Called the king's highway
Highways » Illustrative » (broad,) of the way to destruction
"Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it.
Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.
Highways » Illustrative » Of the way of holiness
Highways » Often made in deserts
Highways » By-paths more secure in times of danger
Highways » Illustrative » Of Christ
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
