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 has the LORD said unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

Take fast hold of chastening; do not let go; keep this; for it is thy life.

It is good that thou should take hold of this; and also from the other not withdraw thy hand; for he that fears God shall come through with everything.

Keepeth the

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy will on my holy day; and call the sabbath the delightful, holy, glorious day of the LORD; and shalt honour him by not doing thine own ways, nor seeking thine own will, nor speaking thine own words:

And thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, With all this ye shall keep my sabbaths; for it is a sign between me and you throughout your ages; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

Ye shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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

Thus hath the LORD said: Take heed for your lives, and bring no burden on the sabbath day to bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

And I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctifies them.

Keepeth his

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

Samech Depart from evil, and do good, and thou shalt live for evermore.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

The wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Let love be without dissimulation, abhorring that which is evil, causing you to come unto that which is good;

General references

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day shall be a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein; it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Thou shalt keep, therefore, the words of this covenant and do them that ye may understand all that ye do.