Isaiah 56:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.

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  • Isa 58:13 : 13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
  • Jer 17:21-22 : 21 This is what the Lord has said: See to yourselves, that you take up no weight on the Sabbath day, or take it in through the doors of Jerusalem; 22 And take no weight out of your houses on the Sabbath day, or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I gave orders to your fathers;
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.
  • Exod 31:13-16 : 13 Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy. 14 So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people. 15 Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death. 16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.
  • Exod 20:8 : 8 Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
  • Exod 20:10 : 10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.
  • Ps 119:1-5 : 1 <ALEPH> Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord. 2 Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart. 3 They do no evil; they go in his ways. 4 You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care. 5 If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
  • Ps 119:101 : 101 I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.
  • Ps 128:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
  • Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
  • Isa 56:4 : 4 For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:
  • Isa 56:6 : 6 And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:
  • Lev 19:30 : 30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.
  • Neh 13:17 : 17 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?
  • Ps 1:1-3 : 1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord. 2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night. 3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.
  • Ps 15:1-5 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill? 2 He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart; 3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour; 4 Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change. 5 He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.
  • Ps 106:3 : 3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
  • Luke 12:43 : 43 Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 58:13
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    13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

  • Jer 17:24
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    24 And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it;

  • Isa 56:6
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    6 And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:

  • Deut 5:12
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    12 Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.

  • Exod 20:8-11
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    8 Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

    9 On six days do all your work:

    10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

    11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

  • Isa 56:1
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    1 The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.

  • Exod 31:13-16
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    13 Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

    14 So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

    15 Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

    16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

  • Isa 56:4
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    4 For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:

  • Ps 112:1
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    1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

  • Jer 17:21-22
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    21 This is what the Lord has said: See to yourselves, that you take up no weight on the Sabbath day, or take it in through the doors of Jerusalem;

    22 And take no weight out of your houses on the Sabbath day, or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I gave orders to your fathers;

  • Ps 106:3
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    3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

  • Matt 12:8
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    8 For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.

  • Ps 40:4
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    4 Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

  • Ps 24:4-5
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    4 He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

    5 He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

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    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

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    28 So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

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    8 You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.

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    2 Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

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    5 But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

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    10 Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

  • Neh 13:18
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    18 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.

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    14 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.

  • Ps 1:1-2
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    1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

    2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

  • Lev 19:30
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    30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16 He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Luke 6:5
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    5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

  • Jas 1:25
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    25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

  • Matt 12:10-12
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    10 And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

    11 And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

    12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

  • Lev 23:3
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    3 On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.

  • Exod 35:2
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    2 Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.

  • Eccl 7:18
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    18 It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

  • Luke 11:28
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    28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

  • Lev 23:29-30
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    29 For any person, whoever he may be, who takes his pleasure on that day will be cut off from his people.

    30 And if any person, whoever he may be, on that day does any sort of work, I will send destruction on him from among his people.

  • Job 17:9
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    9 Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

  • Ps 128:4
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    4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

  • Num 15:32
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    32 Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.

  • Luke 6:9
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    9 And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14 Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same: