Dictionary of Bible Themes
The way by which believers journey through this world and into the life to come. Jesus Christ himself is the way to life.
Genesis 17:1Life seen as travelling with God
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Walking with God
Genesis 5:22,24; 6:9; 48:15Psalms 56:13; 89:15
Micah 4:5Zechariah 10:12Isaiah 43:19See also
Journeying from the old to the new
Exodus 18:8Isaiah 40:3-5Micah 2:13Exodus 13:21See also
God's guidance along the way
Exodus 23:20Deuteronomy 1:32-33; 8:2Nehemiah 9:12,19Psalms 25:9
Jeremiah 2:17Galatians 5:25Isaiah 35:8God's ways
1 John 2:6Walking in God's way
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Genesis 18:19Exodus 18:20Deuteronomy 10:12-13; 13:5; 28:9Joshua 22:5Job 23:10-12Psalms 1:1-2; 18:30
2 Timothy 3:10Isaiah 48:17See also
God teaches believers his way
1 Samuel 12:231 Kings 8:35-36Psalms 25:8-9,12; 86:11; 119:30
Proverbs 6:23pp 2Ch 6:26-27
Isaiah 2:3; 30:20-21Psalms 16:11; 23:2
Proverbs 8:20Characteristics of the way of life include holiness, obedience, trust, humility, joy and peace:
Jeremiah 6:16Micah 6:8Galatians 5:22-23Isaiah 53:6See also
Sinners refuse to follow God's way
Isaiah 56:11Acts 14:162 Peter 2:15Proverbs 14:12See also
All other routes end in death
Deuteronomy 11:28; 31:29Judges 2:172 Kings 21:22Psalms 1:6
Proverbs 15:10; 16:25Proverbs 4:18See also
Those who travel God's way are blessed
Deuteronomy 5:331 Kings 8:23Proverbs 11:5Isaiah 26:7-8Matthew 5:3-12John 14:6Jesus Christ is the way to life
Colossians 2:3See also
John 8:12Hebrews 12:2Acts 9:2; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:14,22"the Way" was an early designation of Christianity, suggestive of the content of the church's message that Jesus Christ is the way to life:
Matthew 7:13-14Entrance to the way to life
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Entrance is restricted
John 10:9; 14:6Hebrews 11:8-10See also
Entrance is by faith
John 3:15-162 Corinthians 5:7Hebrews 11:6,13-16See also
1220 God as shepherd1315 God as redeemer2324 Christ as Saviour2339 Christ, example of2363 Christ, preaching & teaching3140 Holy Spirit, teacher5953 stability8020 faith8110 athletics8168 way, the8839 unfaithfulness