Hebrews 12:13 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:11 and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;

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

Hebrews 12:14 peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

Hebrews 12:15 looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Wherefore the hanging-down hands and the loosened..." into verse 14's "peace pursue with all and the separation...", so "healed" and "straight" 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 "straight" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.