Recognised routes for travellers, or streets in towns and cities. In biblical times travelling by road was recognised as dangerous.

Exodus 13:17-18

Kinds of road

Acts 19:1

In the open country

See also

Genesis 16:7
Numbers 20:17
Deuteronomy 1:2
Joshua 10:10-11
Judges 21:19
1 Samuel 17:52
Isaiah 15:5
Acts 9:11

See also

In towns and cities

Esther 6:9
Jeremiah 37:21
Judges 5:10

Activities associated with roads and streets

2 Kings 2:23

Travelling

Luke 9:57; 10:30-33
Acts 8:36
Luke 24:32

See also

Talking

Deuteronomy 6:7
Mark 9:33
Luke 10:4; 13:26
1 Samuel 4:13
2 Samuel 15:2

Waiting

1 Kings 20:38
Deuteronomy 22:4; 27:18
Luke 10:30-33

Helping others

Zechariah 8:4-5

Leisure and play

Luke 18:35

Begging

Matthew 22:9-10

Living on the streets

See also

Job 31:32

pp Lk 14:21-23

Matthew 6:5

Prayer

2 Chronicles 28:24
Jeremiah 44:17

Idolatry

Ezekiel 16:25
Isaiah 59:14

See also

Injustice and dishonesty

Jeremiah 5:1
Ezra 8:31

Dangers of the road

See also

1 Kings 13:24
Ezra 8:22
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Proverbs 22:13
Hosea 7:1
Luke 10:30-33
Psalms 55:11

Troubled times affecting roads and streets

Nahum 2:4

See also

Joshua 2:19
Jeremiah 6:25
Hosea 6:9
Isaiah 5:25; 33:7-8; 51:20
Amos 5:16
Judges 5:6

See also

Roads and streets deserted

Jeremiah 9:21; 33:10
Lamentations 1:4
Zephaniah 3:6
Jeremiah 48:19

Escape

Isaiah 40:3

The road back from exile

See also

Isaiah 11:16; 35:8; 57:14
Matthew 7:13-14

Roads used figuratively

See also

Genesis 49:17
Proverbs 15:19
Isaiah 59:8
Jeremiah 3:2; 18:15; 31:21
Luke 3:5
Revelation 22:2
Luke 24:13-32

Roads of special importance in the NT

The road to Emmaus

Acts 9:3-9,17; 22:6; 26:13

See also

The road to Damascus

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8201 blamelessness