What the Bible Says About...Sample

Right and Left

So be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left.

But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. … Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.

We will travel along the King’s Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory. … We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. … Walk in obedience to all that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

(Josiah) did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” … Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.

And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left?

Long life is in (wisdom’s) right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. … The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

Related verses: De 5:32; Ex 14:29, De 28:14; Nu 20:17, De 2:27; Js 1:7, De 5:32-33; 2Ki 22:2; Is 30:21, Pr 4:27; Jn 4:11; Pr 3:16, Ec 10:2