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.
Keepeth his
General references
Bible References
Layeth
Isaiah 56:4
For thus saith the LORD to the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that thou shouldst take hold of this; yes, also from this withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall escape from them all.
Keepeth the
Isaiah 58:13
If thou shalt turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thy own ways, nor finding thy own pleasure, nor speaking thy own words:
Exodus 31:13
Speak thou also to the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Leviticus 19:30
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Nehemiah 13:17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
Jeremiah 17:21
Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
Ezekiel 20:12
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
Keepeth his
Psalm 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalm 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Psalm 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
General references
Leviticus 23:3
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation: ye shall do no work in it: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Deuteronomy 29:9
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.