Highways

Highways [N] [S]

Roads for public use
Numbers 20:19 ; Deuteronomy 2:27
Called the kings highway
Numbers 20:17
Marked out by heaps of stones
Jeremiah 31:21
Generally broad
Judges 20:32 Judges 20:45 ; Matthew 7:13
Generally straight
1 Samuel 6:12 ; Isaiah 40:3
Made to all cities of refuge
Deuteronomy 19:2 Deuteronomy 19:3
Often made in deserts
Isaiah 40:3
INFESTED WITH
- Serpents
  Genesis 49:17
- Wild beasts
  1 Kings 13:24 ; Isaiah 35:9
- Robbers
  Jeremiah 3:2 ; Luke 10:30-33
Beggars sat by sides of
Matthew 20:30 ; Mark 10:46
Often obstructed
Jeremiah 18:15
All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction
Isaiah 40:3 Isaiah 40:4 ; Matthew 3:3
By-paths more secure in times of danger
Judges 5:6
Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Leviticus 26:22 ; Isaiah 33:8
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ
  John 14:6
- Of the way of holiness
  Isaiah 35:8
- Of facilities for the restoration of the Jews
  Isaiah 11:16 ; 62:10
- (Made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel
  Isaiah 40:3 ; 43:19
- (Narrow,) of the way of life
  Matthew 7:14
- (Broad,) of the way to destruction
  Matthew 7:13

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Torrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Highways'". "The New Topical Text Book". . 1897.