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 31:13–16Speak thou also unto 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.
• Isa 58:13If thou 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, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
• Ezek 20:12Moreover 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.
• Ps 112:1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
• Ezek 20:20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
• Luke 11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
• Jer 17:21–22Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
• Exod 20:10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
• Ps 106:3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
• John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
• Prov 4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
• Prov 4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
• Ps 119:1–5Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
• Prov 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
• Prov 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
• Prov 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
• Ps 119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
• Lev 19:30Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
• Exod 20:8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
• Neh 13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
• Ps 37:27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
• Ps 128:1Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
• Ps 34:14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
• Isa 56:6Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
• Rev 22:14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
• Luke 12:43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
• Isa 56:4For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
• Eccl 7:18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
• Ps 1:1–3Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Ps 15:1–5Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
• Rom 12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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