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 saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

Keepeth the

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Jehovah.

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.

Keepeth his

Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

General references

Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.