Isaiah 56:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Layeth

Isaiah 56:4

Proverbs 4:13

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Keepeth the

Keepeth his

Romans 12:9

General references

Leviticus 23:3

Deuteronomy 29:9

Bible References

Layeth

For thus sayeth the LORD, first unto the gelded that keepeth my Sabbath - namely, that holdeth greatly of the thing that pleaseth me, and keepeth my covenant -

Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

It is good for thee to take hold of this, and not to let that go out of thy hand. For he that feareth God shall escape them all.

Keepeth the

Yea, if thou turn thy feet from the Sabbath, so that thou do not the thing which pleaseth thyself in my holy day: then shalt thou be called unto the pleasant, holy, and glorious Sabbath of the LORD, where thou shalt be in honor - so that thou do not after thine own imagination, neither seek thine own will, nor speak thine own words.

"Speak unto the children of Israel and say, 'In any wise see that ye keep my Sabbath, for it shall be a sign between me and you in your generations for to know, that I the LORD do sanctify you.

See that ye keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Then reproved I the rulers in Judah, and said unto them, "What evil thing is this that ye do, and break the Sabbath day?

Thus the LORD commandeth: Take heed for your lives, that ye carry no burden upon you in the Sabbath, to bring it through the gates of Jerusalem:

I gave them also my holy days, to be a token betwixt me and them, and thereby to know that I am the LORD which halloweth them.

Keepeth his

Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue it.

Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

I refrain my feet from every evil way, that I may keep thy words.

Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but a fool goeth on presumptuously.

With loving mercy and faithfulness, sins be forgiven; and whoso searcheth the LORD eschewth evil.

Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.

General references

Six days ye shall work, and the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, a holy feast: so that ye may do no work therein, for it is the Sabbath of the LORD, wheresoever ye dwell.

Keep therefore the words of this covenant and do them, that ye may understand all that ye ought to do.