'Holy' in the Bible

Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God.

And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?

Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? but you are causing more wrath to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy.

Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.Remember me for this also, my God, and look on me with compassion in keeping with Your abundant, faithful love.

Call out if you please. Will anyone answer you?Which of the holy ones will you turn to?

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

If God puts no trust in His holy onesand the heavens are not pure in His sight,

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

{A Psalm of David.} LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

As for the holy people who are in the land,they are the noble ones.All my delight is in them.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;

Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD wearing holy attire.

Sing to Yahweh, you His faithful ones,and praise His holy name.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

Fear the LORD, you holy ones of his; for those who fear him lack nothing.

I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

God reigns over the nations;God is seated on His holy throne.

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.The Lord is great and highly praisedin the city of our God.His holy mountain,

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

They see your processions, O God -- the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor.

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.

Hurry! Look at the permanent ruins every calamity the enemy brought upon the Holy Place.

In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry];They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].

And now all the carved work [of the meeting place]They smash with hatchets and hammers.

They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.

God, Your way is holy.What god is great like God?

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

He brought them to His holy land,to the mountain His right hand acquired.

When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],

So that he went away from the holy place in Shiloh, the tent which he had put among men;

And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day:

Let me listen to what God, the LORD, says; for the LORD will promise peace to his people, to his holy ones; may they not return to foolishness.

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

{A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.} His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders—Your faithfulness also—in the assembly of the holy ones.

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.

Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.

Let us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs.

Honour and glory are before him: strong and fair is his holy place.

Worship the LORD in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth.

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones,and praise His holy name.

{A Psalm.} O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

He looked down from His holy heights—the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth—

{A Psalm of David.} Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.

For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

In the camp they were envious of Mosesand of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

Your people will volunteeron Your day of battle.In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,the dew of Your youth belongs to You.

He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

Judah became His sanctuary,And Israel His dominion.

The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:“May they prosper who love you [holy city].

Lift up your hands in the holy placeand praise the Lord!

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.