Isaiah 56:2

Blessed is the one who keeps the Sabbath and refrains from evil. It matters because it shows that genuine faith expresses itself in obedience and reverence for God.

Cross-references · 31

• Exod 31:13–16“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
• Isa 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
• Ezek 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
• Ps 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Ezek 20:20Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
• Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
• Jer 17:21–22This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
• Exod 20:10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
• Ps 106:3Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
• John 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
• Prov 4:27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
• Prov 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Ps 119:1–5Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
• Prov 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
• Prov 16:6By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
• Prov 16:17The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
• Ps 119:101I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
• Lev 19:30You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
• Exod 20:8Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
• Neh 13:17Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
• Ps 37:27Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
• Ps 128:1A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
• Ps 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
• Isa 56:6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
• Rev 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
• Luke 12:43Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
• Isa 56:4For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
• Eccl 7:18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
• Ps 1:1–3Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
• Ps 15:1–5A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
• Rom 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

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