<p align="left"><strong>Notice the difference between being "driven" and being "led":</strong> </p>
<p><strong><em>Driven</em></strong> usually implies a controlling force pushing or forcing a passive subject (cattle, enemies, rebellious people, ship, etc): </p>
<p>"He is <strong>driven from light</strong> into darkness..." Job 18:18<br>
"...until He has <strong>driven out His enemies </strong>from before Him." Numbers 32:21<br>
"...<strong>you shall be driven </strong>mad because of the sight which your eyes see." Deuteronomy 28:34-35<br>
“For <strong>the Lord has driven out</strong> from before you great and strong nations; but as for you, no one has been able to stand against you to this day." Joshua 23:9<br>
"David took all the flocks and <strong>herds they had driven </strong>before those other livestock." 1 Samuel 30:19-20<br>
"Will You frighten <strong>a leaf driven to and fro</strong>?" Job 13:25<br>
"Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and <strong>they will be driven into darkness</strong>." Isaiah 8:22<br>
"But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries <strong>where I have driven them</strong>, and bring them back to their folds." Jeremiah 23:3<br>
"You shall be <strong>driven out</strong>, everyone headlong, and no one will gather those who wander off." Jeremiah 49:5<br>
"But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. Then <strong>he was driven from the sons of men</strong>, his heart was made like the beasts." Daniel 5:20-21<br>
"But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for <strong>he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven </strong>and tossed<strong> by the wind</strong>. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." James 1:6-8<br>
"Look also at <strong>ships</strong>: although they are so large and are <strong>driven by fierce winds</strong>." James 3:4</p>
<p><strong><em>Led</em></strong><strong> <em>or lead</em></strong> usually implies a choice on the part of God's people -- those who look to His Word and want to know and follow His ways: </p>
<p> "And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud <strong>to lead the way</strong>." Exodus 13:21<br>
Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them <strong>lead me</strong>." Psalm 43:3<br>
"O My people! <strong>Those who lead you cause you to err</strong>, and destroy the way of your paths.” Isaiah 3:12 </p>
"<strong>Lead me in Your truth</strong> and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day." Psalm 25:5<br>
"<strong>I will lead them </strong>in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. " Isaiah 42:16<br>
"Even there <strong>Your hand shall lead me</strong>, and Your right hand shall hold me." Psalm 139:10<br>
"...see if there is any wicked way in me, and<strong> lead me in the way everlasting</strong>." Psalm 139:24<br>
"Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. <strong>Lead me</strong> in the land of uprightness." Psalm 143:10<br>
"I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. " Isaiah 42:16<br>
"And <strong>do not lead us into temptation</strong>, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever." Matthew 6:13<br>
"...for <strong>the Lamb</strong> who is in the midst of the throne <strong>will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters</strong>. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Revelation 7:17 [[Category:Lifestyle]]