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 said Jehovah of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant:

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

It is good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

Keepeth the

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, 'A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, 'Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it is a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;

My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I am Jehovah.

And I strive with the freemen of Judah, and say to them, 'What is this evil thing that ye are doing, and polluting the sabbath-day?

Thus said Jehovah, Take ye heed to yourselves, And ye bear not a burden on the day of rest, Nor have ye brought it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I am Jehovah their sanctifier.

Keepeth his

Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.

From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

General references

six days is work done, and in the seventh day is a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it is a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

and ye have kept the words of this covenant, and done them, so that ye cause all that ye do to prosper.