The word in Scripture

Path in the Bible

The word path appears 23 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A path is the course of life, straight or crooked. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What path means in the Bible

A path is the course of life, straight or crooked.

Where the word path appears

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

“Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.”Genesis 49:17

“There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:”Job 28:7

“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”Psalms 16:11

“Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.”Psalms 77:19

“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”Proverbs 4:18

“Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.”Proverbs 5:6

“Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.”Isaiah 30:11

“Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;”Isaiah 43:16