5 Bible Verses About Highways

In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

Judges 5:6KJV

I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

Leviticus 26:22KJV

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

Judges 20:31KJV

And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

Judges 20:32KJV

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

Judges 20:45KJV
The scriptural references to highways, encountered here, reveal a profound truth about God's ordered purpose and the journey of faith. They speak not of random wandering, but of routes designated and prepared—paths upon which the redeemed walk, ways made straight for the Lord, and clear passages in times of return or divine intervention. These verses beckon us beyond the dusty road to discern the spiritual highways God has laid out for individuals and for His people. They challenge us to ensure our own lives are not detours but deliberate steps upon the path appointed for us, a path clarified by His word, leading us assuredly towards His presence and the fulfillment of His promises. Let the study of these highways illuminate the course ahead.

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