Bible Strands
Isaiah 26:7
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Israel amid national oppression, contrasting the trampling of the poor (26:6) with God’s direct intervention for those who wait on Him (26:8).
The words — מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים (mei.sha.Rim) means level paths, and תְּפַלֵּֽס (te.fa.Les) means you make level, highlighting God’s active preparation of a straight track.
The thread — This motif of divine path-preparation runs through Ephesians 2:10, where God prepares good works as our way of life, and Isaiah 42:16, where God turns darkness into light on unfamiliar paths.
Why it lands — It demands the reader recognize that moral straightness is divinely cleared, not self-constructed, requiring reliance on God’s active guidance rather than human effort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Cross-references
- Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Isaiah 42:16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
- 1 John 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
- 1 John 3:10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
- Job 27:5 I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
- Psalms 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
- Proverbs 20:7 The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
- 1 Samuel 2:2 There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17 I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.