Isaiah 35:8

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A thoroughfare will be there– it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it– fools will not stray into it.

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  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it!
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
  • Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. 12 It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
  • 1 Pet 1:14-15 : 14 Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance, 15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,
  • Ezek 44:9 : 9 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary.
  • Isa 11:16 : 16 There will be a highway leading out of Assyria for the remnant of his people, just as there was for Israel, when they went up from the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 40:3-4 : 3 A voice cries out,“In the wilderness clear a way for the LORD; build a level road through the rift valley for our God. 4 Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
  • Isa 62:10 : 10 Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!
  • Jer 31:21 : 21 I will say,‘My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.
  • Isa 49:10-12 : 10 They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water. 11 I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways.” 12 Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!
  • Isa 52:1 : 1 Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.
  • Isa 19:23 : 23 At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will visit Egypt, and the Egyptians will visit Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
  • Isa 30:21 : 21 You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,“This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left.
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
  • 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.
  • 1 John 2:20 : 20 Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.
  • Isa 4:3 : 3 Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called“holy,” all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
  • Heb 10:20-23 : 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. 23 And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
  • Isa 60:21 : 21 All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.
  • Rev 7:15-17 : 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
  • Joel 3:17 : 17 The LORD’s Presence in Zion You will be convinced that I the LORD am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy– conquering armies will no longer pass through it.
  • Zech 14:20-21 : 20 On that day the bells of the horses will bear the inscription“HOLY TO THE LORD.” The cooking pots in the LORD’s temple will be as holy as the bowls in front of the altar. 21 Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will become holy in the sight of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, so that all who offer sacrifices may come and use some of them to boil their sacrifices in them. On that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”
  • John 7:17 : 17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.
  • 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.
  • Isa 33:8 : 8 Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the LORD are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.
  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 The LORD is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live. 9 May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
  • Prov 8:20 : 20 I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,
  • Isa 52:11 : 11 Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the LORD’s holy items!
  • Jer 32:39-40 : 39 I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them. 40 I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.
  • Jer 50:4-5 : 4 “When that time comes,” says the LORD,“the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the LORD their God. 5 They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  • Ezek 43:12 : 12 “This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.

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