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In the biblical context, the concept of a "guide" encompasses both the literal and metaphorical sense of leading, directing, or advising individuals or groups. The role of a guide is often associated with wisdom, discernment, and the ability to lead others in accordance with God's will.

Old Testament References

In the Old Testament, the idea of guidance is frequently linked to God's leadership of His people. One of the most prominent examples is the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night that guided the Israelites during their exodus from Egypt (Exodus 13:21-22): "And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night."

The Psalms often reflect a deep reliance on God's guidance. Psalm 23:3 states, "He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name." This verse highlights the shepherd-like guidance of God, leading His people toward righteousness.

Proverbs also emphasizes the importance of seeking divine guidance. Proverbs 3:5-6 advises, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." This passage underscores the necessity of trusting in God's wisdom rather than relying solely on human understanding.

New Testament References

In the New Testament, Jesus Christ is portrayed as the ultimate guide. He refers to Himself as the "Good Shepherd" in John 10:11 : "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep." As the Good Shepherd, Jesus provides spiritual guidance and protection for His followers.

The Holy Spirit is also described as a guide for believers. In John 16:13 , Jesus promises, "However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come." The Holy Spirit's role is to lead believers into truth and understanding, continuing the guidance that Jesus provided during His earthly ministry.

Role of Human Guides

The Bible also acknowledges the role of human guides, such as prophets, priests, and leaders, who are called to guide others in accordance with God's commandments. In the early church, apostles and elders served as guides to the fledgling Christian communities, providing teaching and oversight.

The Apostle Paul, in his letters, often acted as a guide to the churches he established. In 1 Corinthians 11:1 , he exhorts, "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ." Here, Paul positions himself as a guide, pointing others to Christ through his own example.

Spiritual Guidance

The concept of guidance extends to the spiritual disciplines of prayer, meditation on Scripture, and seeking counsel from mature believers. James 1:5 encourages believers to seek wisdom from God: "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."

In summary, the biblical understanding of a guide encompasses divine guidance through God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, as well as the role of human leaders who direct others in accordance with God's will. The Scriptures consistently emphasize the importance of seeking and following divine guidance in all aspects of life.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

2. (v. t.) To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.

3. (v. t.) To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train.

4. (n.) A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook.

5. (n.) One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of life; a director; a regulator.

6. (v. t.) Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator

7. (n.) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.

8. (n.) A grooved director for a probe or knife.

9. (n.) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.

10. (n.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GUIDE

gid ('alluph, nachal, nachah; hodegos, hodegeo): "Guide" (noun) is the translation of 'alluph, "an intimate," "a friend," the leader of a family or tribe: Psalm 55:13, "a man mine equal, my guide," the Revised Version (British and American) "my companion"; Proverbs 2:17, "the guide of her youth," the Revised Version (British and American) "friend," margin "or guide"; Jeremiah 3:4, "My father, thou (art) the guide of my youth," the Revised Version, margin "companion"; Micah 7:5, "Put ye not confidence in a guide," the American Standard Revised Version "in a friend," margin "confidant" (which the context shows to be the meaning), the English Revised Version "guide," margin "familiar friend"; once of katsin, "a judge," "a military leader or commander" (compare Joshua 10:24 Daniel 11:18); Proverbs 6:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "chief," margin "judge"; once nahagh, "to lead," is translated "guide" (Psalm 48:14). In the New Testament hodegos, "a way-leader," is translated "guide" (Matthew 23:16, "ye blind guides"; Matthew 23:24 Acts 1:16 Romans 2:19); "to guide" is the translation of nachah, "to lead forth" (Job 38:32 Psalm 73:24); once of 'ashar, Piel, "to guide" or "lead straight (Proverbs 23:19); of ya`ats, "to command," "to give counsel" ("I will guide thee with mine eye," the Revised Version (British and American) "I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee," Psalm 32:8); of kul, "to contain," "to sustain" (Psalm 112:5, "He will guide his affairs with discretion," the Revised Version (British and American) "He shall maintain his cause in judgment"); of nahagh, "to drive," "to lead" (Psalm 78:52); of hodegeo, "to show the way," "guide" (John 16:13, "He shall guide you into all truth," the Revised Version (British and American) "the truth"; Acts 8:31); oikodespoteo is translated "to guide the house" the Revised Version (British and American) "rule the household" (1 Timothy 5:14); the word means literally, to be a house-master (the head of the house).

The Revised Version (British and American) has "guide" for "lead" (Psalm 25:5 Matthew 15:14 Luke 6:39 Revelation 7:17); "a guide to" for "more excellent than" (Proverbs 12:26); "guided" for "brought in" (Psalm 78:26); "guideth" for "maketh" (2 Samuel 22:33), for "leadeth" (Psalm 23:3); "my heart yet guiding me," margin "holding its course," for "yet acquainting mine heart" (Ecclesiastes 2:3).

"Guide-posts" is substituted for "high heaps" (Jeremiah 31:21).

W. L. Walker

Greek

3595. hodegos -- a leader, guide
... a leader, guide. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: hodegos Phonetic
Spelling: (hod-ayg-os') Short Definition: a leader, guide Definition: a leader ...
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3594. hodegeo -- to lead, guide, teach
... to lead, guide, teach. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hodegeo Phonetic Spelling:
(hod-ayg-eh'-o) Short Definition: I lead, guide Definition: I lead, guide ...
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2720. kateuthuno -- to make straight
... achievement. [The prefix () lends the idea " direct or guide" -- literally
"down to without unnecessary deviation."]. ... 1). guide, direct. ...
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2519. kathegetes -- a teacher
... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kathegetes Phonetic Spelling:
(kath-ayg-ay-tace') Short Definition: a leader, teacher, guide Definition: a ...
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2116. euthuno -- to make straight
... to make straight. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: euthuno Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo-thoo'-no) Short Definition: I make straight, guide, steer Definition: (a ...
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3329. metago -- to turn about, to direct
... Word Origin from meta and ago Definition to turn about, to direct NASB Word
Usage direct (1), directed (1). to guide, direct. From ...
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2232. hegemon -- a leader, governor
... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: hegemon Phonetic Spelling:
(hayg-em-ohn') Short Definition: a governor Definition: a leader, guide; a commander ...
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2942. kubernetes -- a steersman, pilot
... Transliteration: kubernetes Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ber-nay'-tace) Short Definition:
a steersman, pilot Definition: a steersman, pilot; met: a guide, governor. ...
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2941. kubernesis -- steering, government, administration
... (). Word Origin from kubernao (to steer, guide, govern) Definition steering, government,
administration NASB Word Usage administrations (1). government. ...
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4165. poimaino -- to act as a shepherd
... the flock and is only provided (ultimately) by Jesus Christ -- Shepherd, who calls
under-shepherds (such as elder-overseers) to guard and guide His people by ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5095. nahal -- to lead or guide to a watering place, bring to a ...
... to lead or guide to a watering place, bring to a place of rest, refresh.
Transliteration: nahal Phonetic Spelling: (naw-hal') Short Definition: guide. ...
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5148. nachah -- to lead, guide
... to lead, guide. Transliteration: nachah Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khaw') Short Definition:
lead. ... bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead forth, put, straiten. ...
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833. ashar -- to go straight, go on, advance
... to go straight, go on, advance. Transliteration: ashar Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shar')
Short Definition: guide. ... call, be blessed, happy, go, guide, lead, relieve. ...
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5090. nahag -- to drive, conduct
... acquaint, bring away, carry away, drive away, lead away, forth, be guide,
lead away, A primitive root; to drive forth (a person, an ...
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1869. darak -- to tread, march
... root Definition to tread, march NASB Word Usage aimed (1), aims (1), archers* (1),
bend (6), bends his bend (1), bent (6), come (1), guide (1), lead (1), leads ...
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3557. kul -- to comprehend, contain
... be able to, can abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide,.
A primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure ...
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7101. qatsin -- a chief, ruler
... captain, guide, prince, ruler. From qatsah in the sense of determining; a magistrate
(as deciding) or other leader -- captain, guide, prince, ruler. ...
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8446. tur -- to seek out, spy out, explore
... root Definition to seek out, spy out, explore NASB Word Usage explore (1), explored
(1), explores (1), follow (1), guide (1), investigate (1), seek (2 ...
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441. alluwph -- tame
... alluwph. 441a . tame. Transliteration: alluwph Phonetic Spelling: (al-loof') Short
Definition: captain. captain, duke, chief friend, governor, guide, ox ...
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5090a. nahag -- to drive, conduct
... Word Usage carried off (1), carrying away (1), directed (2), drive (2), drive away
(1), driven (1), drives (3), drove (2), drove away (1), guide (1), guided (1 ...
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Library

The Spiritual Guide which Disentangles the Soul
The Spiritual Guide which Disentangles the Soul. <. The Spiritual Guide which
Disentangles the Soul Miguel de Molinos. Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
/.../de molinos/the spiritual guide which disentangles the soul/

The Spiritual Guide,
The Spiritual Guide which Disentangles the Soul. <. ... THE Spiritual
Guide,. Which disentangles the Soul, and by the inward ...
/.../the spiritual guide which disentangles the soul/the spiritual guide.htm

God Our Guide.
... GOD OUR GUIDE. This is a dark world of sin, error, and uncertainties. ... We are invited
to commit our way unto him. He has promised to guide us with his eye. ...
/.../orr/food for the lambs or helps for young christians/god our guide.htm

A Condensed Guide for Life
... THE PROVERBS A CONDENSED GUIDE FOR LIFE. 'My son, if ... off.19. Hear thou, my
son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.20. Be ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a condensed guide for life.htm

June the Second Our Spiritual Guide
... JUNE The Second OUR SPIRITUAL GUIDE. "When He, the Spirit of truth, is
come, He will guide you into all truth." "John 16:7-14. ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/june the second our spiritual.htm

The Guide into all Truth
... THE GUIDE INTO ALL TRUTH. 'I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye
cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth ...
/.../the guide into all truth.htm

In Internal Contemplative Ways a Guide is Necessary, and Why? 2...
... THE SECOND SECTION OF THE FIRST TREATISE, IN WHICH IS DECLARED AND PROVED THAT GOD
ONLY BY HIS HOLY INSPIRATIONS IS THE GUIDE AND DIRECTOR IN AN INTERNAL ...
/.../chapter i in internal contemplative.htm

The Blind Man's Guide
... THE BLIND MAN'S GUIDE. ... 4. The clearing away of hindrances. 'Crooked things straight.'
A careful guide lifts stones out of a blind man's way. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the blind mans guide.htm

Why an External Guide is Necessary in the Beginning. ...
... THE SECOND SECTION OF THE FIRST TREATISE, IN WHICH IS DECLARED AND PROVED THAT GOD
ONLY BY HIS HOLY INSPIRATIONS IS THE GUIDE AND DIRECTOR IN AN INTERNAL ...
/.../chapter ii why an external.htm

I Would not have a Hand to Guide
... HYMNS OF THE EARLY CHURCH I would not have a hand to guide. 8,3,8,8,3. I would not
have a hand to guide. But Thine; For Thou hast trod where sinners stray,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the early church/i would not have a.htm

Thesaurus

Guide (89 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot;
as, to guide a traveler. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GUIDE. ...
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Guide-posts (1 Occurrence)
Guide-posts. Guideposts, Guide-posts. Guides . Multi-Version
Concordance Guide-posts (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah 31:21 ...
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Guides (24 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind
guide the blind, both will fall into a pit." (WEB WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
/g/guides.htm - 13k

Rule (291 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action;
a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a ...
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Direct (58 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way;
to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road ...
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Guidance (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act or result of guiding; the superintendence
or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading. ...
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Keeper (72 Occurrences)
... John 10:16 And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide
in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one ...
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Glide (2 Occurrences)
... from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component
to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation ...
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Waymark
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A mark to guide in traveling. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. WAYMARK. wa'-mark (tsyun): In Jeremiah ...
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Teach (172 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies
of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to ...
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Resources

What are spirit guides? Should Christians consult spirit guides? | GotQuestions.org

What are the names and titles of the Holy Spirit? | GotQuestions.org

Is papal infallibility biblical? | GotQuestions.org

Guide: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Guide (89 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:14
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
(Root in WEB WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 23:10
And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
(Root in BBE)

Luke 1:79
to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:39
He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
(WEB ASV BBE NAS)

John 10:16
And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
(BBE)

John 16:13
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 1:16
"Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 7:3
And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.
(BBE)

Acts 8:31
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 13:11
And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.
(BBE)

Romans 2:19
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 3:11
But may our God and Father Himself--and our Lord Jesus--guide us on our way to you;
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 3:5
And may the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
(WEY BBE)

1 Timothy 3:15
But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 4:6
If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
(BBE)

1 Timothy 5:14
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
(KJV WBS)

Hebrews 8:9
Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; for they did not keep the agreement with me, and I gave them up, says the Lord.
(BBE)

Hebrews 12:2
Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
(BBE)

James 3:3
Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
(WEB BBE RSV)

2 Peter 1:3
Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
(BBE)

Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb who is in front of the throne will be their Shepherd, and will guide them to watersprings of Life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
(WEY ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
(BBE)

Exodus 6:8
And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh.
(BBE)

Exodus 13:21
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, guiding them on their way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: so that they were able to go on day and night:
(See NIV)

Exodus 15:13
"You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 23:20
See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.
(BBE)

Exodus 33:12
And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.
(BBE)

Numbers 27:17
To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:29
These rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 1:38
Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 8:15
Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 16:20
Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 26:9
And he has been our guide to this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 29:5
For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 32:12
So the Lord only was his guide, no other god was with him.
(BBE NAS)

2 Samuel 7:18
Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 17:16
Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 27:6
So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 9:19
Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 12:16
With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;
(Root in BBE)

Job 31:18
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 38:32
Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Psalms 5:8
Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.
(BBE)

Psalms 16:7
I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
(BBE)

Psalms 23:2
He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.
(BBE)

Psalms 23:3
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
(Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS NIV)

Psalms 25:5
Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE NIV)

Psalms 25:9
He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NIV)

Psalms 28:9
Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.
(BBE)

Psalms 31:3
For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 32:8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
(KJV BBE WBS)

Psalms 43:3
O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.
(BBE NIV)

Psalms 48:14
For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 55:13
But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
(KJV BBE WBS)

Psalms 60:9
Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?
(BBE)

Psalms 67:4
Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 73:24
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:54
And he was their guide to his holy land, even to the mountain, which his right hand had made his;
(BBE)

Psalms 108:10
Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?
(BBE)

Psalms 112:5
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 119:24
Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
(BBE)

Psalms 139:24
See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.
(BBE)

Psalms 143:10
Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.
(BBE)

Proverbs 2:17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 6:7
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
(KJV WBS)

Proverbs 6:22
In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.
(BBE NAS NIV)

Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 12:26
The righteous is guided by his friend; but the way of the wicked leadeth them astray.
(Root in JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS)

Proverbs 16:9
A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
(BBE)

Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.
(BBE)

Isaiah 3:3
The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.
(BBE)

Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.
(Root in BBE DBY NAS NIV)

Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
(BBE)

Isaiah 9:16
For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.
(Root in BBE DBY NAS NIV)

Isaiah 11:6
And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.
(BBE)

Isaiah 42:16
And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 51:18
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 55:4
See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations.
(BBE)

Isaiah 57:18
I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 58:11
and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don't fail.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 2:6
And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?
(BBE)

Jeremiah 2:17
Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?
(BBE)

Jeremiah 3:4
Will you not from this time cry to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 31:9
They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 31:32
Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 39:2
And turning you round, I will be your guide, and make you come up from the inmost parts of the north; I will make you come on to the mountains of Israel:
(BBE)

Micah 7:5
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
(KJV WBS)

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