Hebrews 12:13 (WEB)

Passage

and make straight paths for your feet,Proverbs 4:26 so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Hebrews 12:12 Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, Isaiah 35:3

Hebrews 12:13 and make straight paths for your feet,Proverbs 4:26 so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Hebrews 12:14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Hebrews 12:15 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of 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", "proverbs", "lame", and "dislocated". 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 "Therefore lift up the hands that hang..." into verse 14's "Follow after peace with all men and...", 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.