But as for you, ¹  turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea.” ² 

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

Have you never questioned those who travel the roads? Do you not recognize their accounts ¹  –

But he knows the pathway that I take; ¹  if he tested me, I would come forth like gold. ² 

Certainly ¹  the Lord guards the way of the godly, ²  but the way of the wicked ends in destruction. ³ 

Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. ¹  To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.” ² 

Why did you break down its walls, ¹  so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? ² 

All who pass by ¹  have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

He would pour ¹  contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

See if there is any idolatrous tendency ¹  in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path! ² 

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; ¹  they do not know what causes them to stumble. ² 

At the top ¹  of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection ²  of the paths she takes her stand;

The way of the Lord ¹  is like ²  a stronghold for the upright, ³  but it is destruction ⁴  to evildoers. ⁵ 

The Lord abhors ¹  those who are perverse in heart, ²  but those who are blameless in their ways ³  are his delight. ⁴ 

The way of a fool ¹  is right ²  in his own opinion, ³  but the one who listens to advice is wise. ⁴ 

Righteousness ¹  guards the one who lives with integrity, ²  but wickedness ³  overthrows the sinner.

There is a way that seems right to a person, ¹  but its end is the way that leads to death. ² 

The Lord abhors ¹  the way of the wicked, but he loves those ²  who pursue ³  righteousness.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, ¹  but the path of the upright is like ²  a highway. ³