Isaiah 56:2

Young's Literal Translation 1862

O the happiness of a man who doth this, And of a son of man who keepeth hold on it, Keeping the sabbath from polluting it, And keeping his hand from doing any evil.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

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?

Psalm 106:3

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

Psalm 112:1

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.

Psalm 119:101

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

Psalm 128:1

A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.

Psalm 34:14

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

Psalm 37:27

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

Exodus 20:10

and the seventh day `is' a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

Exodus 20:8

`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

Proverbs 14:16

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

Proverbs 16:17

A highway of the upright `is', `Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

Proverbs 16:6

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

Proverbs 4:13

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

Proverbs 4:27

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

Ecclesiastes 7:18

`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.

Isaiah 56:4

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:

Isaiah 56:6

And sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant.

Isaiah 58:13

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.

Ezekiel 20:12

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.

Ezekiel 20:20

And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, `am' your God.

Leviticus 19:30

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

Luke 11:28

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping `it'!'

Luke 12:43

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

John 13:17

if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;

Romans 12:9

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

Revelation 22:14

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;