'Ways' in the Bible

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.

From those who leave the paths of uprightnessTo walk in the ways of darkness;

Whose paths are crooked,And who are devious in their ways;

In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him,And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

Her ways are highways of pleasantness and favor,And all her paths are peace.

Do not envy a man of violenceAnd do not choose any of his ways.

I have instructed you in the way of [skillful and godly] wisdom;I have led you in upright paths.

Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet,And all your ways will be steadfast and sure.

So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].

Go to the ant, O lazy one;Observe her ways and be wise,

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,Do not stray into her [evil, immoral] paths.

“Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,For blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] are they who keep my ways.

The perverse in heart are repulsive and shamefully vile to the Lord,But those who are blameless and above reproach in their walk are His delight!

A man will be commended according to his insight and sound judgment,But the one who is of a perverse mind will be despised.

He who walks in uprightness [reverently] fears the Lord [and obeys and worships Him with profound respect],But he who is devious in his ways despises Him.

The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,But the foolishness of [shortsighted] fools is deceit.

The backslider in heart will have his fill with his own [rotten] ways,But a good man will be satisfied with his ways [the godly thought and action which his heart pursues and in which he delights].

All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions],But the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth].

When a man’s ways please the Lord,He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A wicked man receives a bribe from the [hidden] pocketTo pervert the ways of justice.

He who keeps and obeys the commandment [of the Lord] keeps (guards) his own life,But he who is careless of his ways and conduct will die.

Or you will learn his [undisciplined] waysAnd get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].

My son, give me your heartAnd let your eyes delight in my ways,

Better is the poor who walks in his integrityThan he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.

He who walks blamelessly and uprightly will be kept safe,But he who is crooked (perverse) will suddenly fall.

Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor concubines],Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.