The word in Scripture

Lead in the Bible

The word lead appears 60 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To lead is to go before and bring others along the way. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What lead means in the Bible

To lead is to go before and bring others along the way.

Where the word lead appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word lead appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.”Psalms 25:5

“O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.”Psalms 43:3

“When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.”Proverbs 6:22

“I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:”Proverbs 8:20

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”Isaiah 11:6

“I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.”Isaiah 57:18

“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”Matthew 15:14

“And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?”Luke 6:39