Guidance & Direction Verses

Now therefore put away, {said he}, the strange gods which {are} among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; {but} they did not so.

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, {that} they returned, and corrupted {themselves} more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. {corrupted...: or, were corrupt} {ceased...: Heb. let nothing fall of their}

That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep {it}, or not.

And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all {his} chariots, and all {his} host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off {his} chariot, and fled away on his feet.

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for {there was} peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. {travellers: Heb. walkers of paths} {byways: Heb. crooked ways}

Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. {Speak: or, Meditate}

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. {courses: Heb. paths}

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.