5197 walking
Dictionary of Bible Themes

The action of travelling on foot at a normal pace. The image of walking with God is used in Scripture to represent the behaviour of believers in their relationship with God.

Genesis 13:17

The physical activity of walking

Deuteronomy 6:7

For travel

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Judges 5:10
1 Kings 18:7
Amos 3:3
Matthew 4:18
Luke 24:17
Matthew 11:5; 14:25-26

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As a miracle

Acts 3:6-8; 14:10
Leviticus 26:12

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God walking

Genesis 3:8
1 Kings 15:26

Walking used figuratively of human behaviour

Proverbs 2:12-13

Walking in sin and darkness

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Psalms 1:1; 82:5
Proverbs 2:12-13
1 John 1:6
Lamentations 3:2

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Sometimes darkness represents depressing circumstances

Psalms 23:4
Isaiah 9:2; 59:9
Genesis 5:22-24; 17:1
Revelation 3:4

Walking with God

See also

Genesis 6:9
Deuteronomy 8:6; 10:12
1 Kings 2:3-4
Isaiah 2:3
Jeremiah 7:23
Micah 4:5; 6:8
Zechariah 3:7
Malachi 2:6
Deuteronomy 5:33
1 John 1:7

Walking in the truth or in the light

See also

Psalms 15:2; 26:2-3; 56:13; 86:11; 89:15
Proverbs 4:12
Isaiah 2:5
2 John 1:4-6
3 John 1:3-4
Revelation 21:24
Ephesians 2:1-2

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Walking as a way of living or behaving

Romans 8:1
2 Corinthians 5:7
Ephesians 4:1; 5:2
Colossians 1:10

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4020 life of faith
4810 darkness, natural
4833 light
5178 running
5187 taste
5333 healing
5337 hiring
5505 roads
5590 travel
5769 behaviour
6754 union with Christ
8102 abiding in Christ
Dictionary of Bible Themes
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