Hebrews 12:13 “Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disable…”

Hebrews 12:13

Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

World English Bible

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

American Standard Version

and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

Geneva Bible 1599

And make straight steppes vnto your feete, lest that which is halting, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.

Darby Translation

and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.

Young's Literal Translation

and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;

Bible in Basic English

And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

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Cross references

“make”

Isaiah 35:3 Luke 3:5 Isaiah 35:8–10 Isaiah 42:16 Jeremiah 18:15 Isaiah 58:12

Isaiah 35:3 · BSB

Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

Luke 3:5 · BSB

Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.

Isaiah 35:8–10 · BSB

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

Isaiah 42:16 · BSB

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not for…

Jeremiah 18:15 · BSB

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

Isaiah 58:12 · BSB

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

“lame”

Isaiah 35:6 Jeremiah 31:8 Jeremiah 31:9

Isaiah 35:6 · BSB

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Jeremiah 31:8 · BSB

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

Jeremiah 31:9 · BSB

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.…

“but let”

Galatians 6:1 Jude 1:22 Jude 1:23

Galatians 6:1 · BSB

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Jude 1:22 · BSB

And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;

Jude 1:23 · BSB

save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

Also

James 5:16

James 5:16 · BSB

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

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