Isaiah 56:2

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Blessed is the person who does this, the one who holds fast to it: keeping the Sabbath without profaning it and guarding their hands from doing any evil.

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  • Isa 58:13 : 13 If you keep your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way or doing as you please or speaking idle words,
  • Jer 17:21-22 : 21 This is what the LORD says: 'Be careful not to carry any load on the Sabbath day, or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.' 22 Do not bring any load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Also, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD who makes them holy.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 Sanctify my Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between me and you so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'
  • Exod 31:13-16 : 13 Speak to the Israelites and say: 'You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among their people. 15 For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 16 The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD and greatly delights in His commandments.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But He replied, 'Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.'
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
  • Exod 20:8 : 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
  • Exod 20:10 : 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who keep His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
  • Ps 119:1-5 : 1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with all their heart. 3 Indeed, they do no wrong; they walk in His ways. 4 You have commanded Your precepts to be kept diligently. 5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in keeping Your statutes!
  • Ps 119:101 : 101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your word.
  • Ps 128:1 : 1 A song of ascents: Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Hold tightly to instruction; do not let it go. Guard it well, for it is your life.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; keep your foot away from evil.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
  • Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good to grasp one thing and not let go of the other, for the one who fears God will avoid all extremes.
  • Isa 56:4 : 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold tightly to my covenant,
  • Isa 56:6 : 6 And to the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold firmly to my covenant—
  • Lev 19:30 : 30 Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
  • Neh 13:17 : 17 I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
  • Ps 1:1-3 : 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of mockers. 2 Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; whatever he does prospers.
  • Ps 15:1-5 : 1 A psalm of David. LORD, who may dwell in your tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? 2 The one who walks blamelessly, does what is right, and speaks the truth from his heart. 3 Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to his neighbor, and does not bring disgrace upon a relative. 4 Who despises a vile person in his eyes but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not go back on his promise. 5 Who does not lend money at interest or accept a bribe against the innocent. The one who does these things will never be shaken.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will dwell forever.
  • Ps 106:3 : 3 Blessed are those who keep justice and do what is righteous at all times.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
  • Luke 12:43 : 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing so when he returns.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 58:13
    77%

    13If you keep your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way or doing as you please or speaking idle words,

  • Jer 17:24
    74%

    24But if you diligently obey Me, declares the LORD, and do not bring any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it,

  • Isa 56:6
    74%

    6And to the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold firmly to my covenant—

  • Deut 5:12
    73%

    12Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Exod 20:8-11
    4 verses
    73%

    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates.

    11For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

  • Isa 56:1
    73%

    1This is what the LORD says: 'Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is about to arrive, and my righteousness will soon be revealed.'

  • Exod 31:13-16
    4 verses
    72%

    13Speak to the Israelites and say: 'You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    14You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among their people.

    15For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

    16The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations.

  • Isa 56:4
    72%

    4For this is what the LORD says: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold tightly to my covenant,

  • Ps 112:1
    72%

    1Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD and greatly delights in His commandments.

  • Jer 17:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21This is what the LORD says: 'Be careful not to carry any load on the Sabbath day, or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.'

    22Do not bring any load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.

  • Ps 106:3
    71%

    3Blessed are those who keep justice and do what is righteous at all times.

  • Matt 12:8
    71%

    8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

  • Ps 40:4
    71%

    4He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and they will trust in the LORD.

  • Ps 24:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4The one with clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up their soul to vanity or swear deceitfully.

    5They will receive a blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of their salvation.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

  • Mark 2:28
    71%

    28'So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.'

  • Ezek 22:8
    70%

    8You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.

  • Lev 26:2
    70%

    2Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 18:5
    70%

    5If a man is righteous and does what is just and right,

  • Jer 48:10
    70%

    10Cursed is the one who does the LORD's work negligently, and cursed is the one who withholds their sword from blood.

  • Neh 13:18
    70%

    18Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster upon us and upon this city? Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath!"

  • Deut 5:14
    70%

    14But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your ox, your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the foreigner residing in your towns—so that your male and female servants may rest as you do.

  • Ps 1:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of mockers.

    2Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night.

  • Lev 19:30
    70%

    30Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Prov 19:16
    70%

    16The one who keeps the commandment preserves their soul, but whoever despises their ways will die.

  • Luke 6:5
    70%

    5Then He said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

  • Jas 1:25
    70%

    25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does.

  • Matt 12:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10And a man with a withered hand was there. They asked Jesus, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' so that they might accuse Him.

    11He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'

  • Lev 23:3
    69%

    3For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

  • Exod 35:2
    69%

    2Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day will be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.

  • Eccl 7:18
    69%

    18It is good to grasp one thing and not let go of the other, for the one who fears God will avoid all extremes.

  • Luke 11:28
    69%

    28But He replied, 'Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.'

  • Lev 23:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29Anyone who does not humble themselves on this very day will be cut off from their people.

    30I will destroy anyone among you who does any work on that day.

  • Job 17:9
    69%

    9Yet the righteous hold to their way, and those with clean hands grow stronger.

  • Ps 128:4
    69%

    4Behold, this is how the man who fears the Lord will be blessed.

  • Num 15:32
    68%

    32While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

  • Luke 6:9
    68%

    9Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"

  • Ezek 18:14
    68%

    14Now suppose this person has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed. Though he sees them, he does not do such things: