What does the Bible say about traffic?

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The Bible teaches that the ordinary flow of commerce and travel should be governed by reverence for God, love of neighbor, and the proper honoring of the Lord’s Day. In Nehemiah 13:15-22, Nehemiah rebuked Judah for bringing goods through Jerusalem and conducting trade on the Sabbath. He ordered the city gates shut before the Sabbath and warned merchants not to linger outside them, seeking to protect God’s people from treating holy rest as just another day for profit. This passage does not prescribe modern transportation rules, but it calls believers to resist a restless, profit-driven life and to order work, travel, and public activity under God’s commands. The Sabbath points us especially to the rest found in Christ.