53 verses contain “Astray” (in the KJV: 20, in the BSB: 44) — showing 1–53
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If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his
ass going
astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a
trespass against him,
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have
lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the
curse:
And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has
slept with you and you have not gone
astray and become
defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be
immune to this bitter water that brings a
curse.
But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be
defiled, and some man have
lain with thee beside thine husband:
But if you have gone
astray while under your husband’s authority and have
defiled yourself and
lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—
This is the law of
jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is
defiled;
This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
Certain men, the children of
Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go
astray. He must not
accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
Thou shalt not see the brother’s ox or his sheep go
astray, and hide
thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep
straying, you must not
ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
But they
hearkened not: and
Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
But the people did not
listen and
Manasseh led them
astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit
fornication, and compelled Judah
thereto.
Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to
prostitute themselves and had led Judah
astray.
So
Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to
err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
So
Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem
astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
And be it indeed that I have
erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.
Because there is wrath,
beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great
ransom cannot deliver thee.
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large
bribe lead you
astray.
The wicked are
estranged from the
womb: they go
astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
The wicked are
estranged from the
womb; the liars go
astray from birth.
Forty years long was I
grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do
err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
For forty years I was
angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go
astray, and they have not known My ways.”
Before I was
afflicted I went
astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Before I was
afflicted, I went
astray; but now I keep Your word.
I have gone
astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not
forget thy commandments.
I have
strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not
stray into her paths.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes
astray.
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
A righteous man is
cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them
astray.
Do they not
err that
devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that
devise good.
Do not those who
contrive evil go
astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
Whoso causeth the righteous to go
astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the
blameless will
inherit what is good.
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of
Noph are
deceived; they have also
seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of
Memphis are
deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt
astray.
The LORD hath mingled a
perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to
err in every work thereof, as a
drunken man staggereth in his
vomit.
The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led
astray in all she does, as a
drunkard staggers through his own
vomit.
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to
sift the nations with the
sieve of vanity: and there shall be a
bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to
err.
His breath is like a
rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to
sift the nations in a
sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them
astray.
He feedeth on ashes: a
deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
He feeds on ashes. His
deluded heart has led him
astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None
seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath
perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you
astray; you told
yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they
prophesied in
Baal, and caused my people Israel to
err.
“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They
prophesied by
Baal and led My people Israel
astray.
Behold, I am against them that
prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to
err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who
prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people
astray with their
reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
My people hath been lost sheep: their
shepherds have caused them to go
astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
My people are lost sheep; their
shepherds have led them
astray, causing them to
roam the mountains. They have
wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
Because, even because they have
seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others
daubed it with untempered
morter:
Because they have led My people
astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and
whitewashing any
flimsy wall that is built,
That the house of Israel may go no more
astray from me, neither be
polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
in order that the house of Israel may no longer
stray from Me and no longer
defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
My sheep
wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:
yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
Surely the Levites who
wandered away from Me when Israel went
astray, and who
wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
But the priests the Levites, the sons of
Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went
astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
But the
Levitical priests, who are descended from
Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went
astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
It shall be for the priests that are
sanctified of the sons of
Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not
astray when the children of Israel went
astray, as the Levites went
astray.
It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of
Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go
astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went
astray.
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to
err, and they have gone a
whoring from under their God.
My people
consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of
prostitution leads them
astray and they have played the
harlot against their God.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have
despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to
err, after the which their fathers have walked:
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not
revoke My judgment, because they
reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led
astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people
err, that
bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people
astray, who
proclaim peace while they
chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone
astray,
doth he not leave the
ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone
astray?
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes
astray, will he not leave the
ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
And if so be that he find it,
verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the
ninety and nine which went not
astray.
And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the
ninety-nine that did not go
astray.
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these
dumb idols, even as ye were led.
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led
astray to
mute idols.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
I am afraid, however, that just as
Eve was
deceived by the serpent’s
cunning, your minds may be led
astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
They are the kind who worm their way into households and
captivate vulnerable women who are
weighed down with sins and led
astray by various passions,
Wherefore I was
grieved with that generation, and said, They do
alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Therefore I was
angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going
astray, and they have not known My ways.’
For ye were as sheep going
astray; but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
For “you were like sheep going
astray,” but now you have returned to the
Shepherd and
Overseer of your souls.
Which have
forsaken the right way, and are gone
astray, following the way of
Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
They have left the straight way and
wandered off to follow the way of
Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
For they went
astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were
despised, being
deceived, as children of no understanding.
For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.
