Luke 3:5

World English Bible (2000)

Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.

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  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
  • Isa 45:2 : 2 "I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.
  • Isa 49:11 : 11 I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
  • Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
  • Isa 2:11-17 : 11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day. 12 For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low: 13 For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan, 14 For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up, 15 For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall, 16 For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery. 17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 35:6-8 : 6 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. 7 The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay. 8 A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
  • Ezek 17:24 : 24 All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.
  • Luke 1:51-53 : 51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
  • Heb 12:12-13 : 12 Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
  • Jas 1:9 : 9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 40:3-5
    3 verses
    94%

    3The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

    4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.

    5The glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."

  • Luke 3:3-4
    2 verses
    88%

    3He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

    4As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.

    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

    2"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"

    3For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight."

  • Luke 3:6
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    6All flesh will see God's salvation.'"

  • Isa 57:14
    76%

    14He will say, "Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people."

  • Isa 49:11
    74%

    11I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

  • John 1:23
    74%

    23He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

  • Isa 62:10
    73%

    10Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Cast up, cast up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.

  • Mic 1:4
    71%

    4The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.

  • Heb 12:13
    70%

    13and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

  • Ps 72:3
    69%

    3The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

  • Matt 11:10
    69%

    10For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

  • Luke 1:17
    69%

    17He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord."

  • Matt 11:5
    69%

    5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

  • Matt 4:14
    69%

    14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Zech 4:7
    69%

    7Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of 'Grace, grace, to it!'"

  • Isa 35:8
    69%

    8A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.

  • Luke 1:76
    69%

    76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

  • Isa 2:14
    69%

    14For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,

  • Isa 35:5
    68%

    5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

  • Isa 30:25
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    25There shall be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

  • Mic 3:12
    68%

    12Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.

  • Isa 35:3
    68%

    3Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

  • Zech 14:4
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    4His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

  • Isa 5:15
    68%

    15So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

  • Isa 25:12
    68%

    12He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

  • Isa 45:2
    68%

    2"I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.

  • Isa 25:7
    68%

    7He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

  • Joel 3:18
    68%

    18It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth from the house of Yahweh, and will water the valley of Shittim.

  • Isa 2:2
    68%

    2It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.

  • Luke 7:27
    68%

    27This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

  • Isa 7:25
    68%

    25All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."

  • Rev 6:14
    67%

    14The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  • Isa 55:12
    67%

    12For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

  • Luke 1:79
    67%

    79to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."

  • Isa 42:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

    16I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:16
    67%

    16He said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Make this valley full of trenches.'

  • Luke 3:9
    67%

    9Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire."

  • Matt 12:17
    67%

    17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Matt 3:10
    67%

    10"Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

  • Luke 4:18
    67%

    18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,