Hebrews 12:13 (DBY)

Passage

and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:11 But no chastening at the time seems to be [matter] of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields [the] peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;

Hebrews 12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.

Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:

Hebrews 12:15 watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "healed", "make", "straight", "paths", "feet", "lame", "turned", and "aside". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "healed" and "make", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Wherefore lift up the hands that hang..." into verse 14's "Pursue peace with all and holiness without...", so "healed" and "make" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "healed" and "make" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.