Isaiah 56:2 References

2 "How ablessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who btakes hold of it; Who ckeeps from profaning the sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil."

c Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 31:13-17, Isaiah 56:6, Isaiah 58:13, Jeremiah 17:21, Jeremiah 17:22, Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 20:20


Exodus 20

8 "Remember athe sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 "aSix days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it ayou shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
11 "aFor in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 31

13 "But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'aYou shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is ba sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
14 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. aEveryone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
15 'aFor six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a bsabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; cwhoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
16 'So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.'
17 "aIt is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; bfor in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed."

Isaiah 56

6 "Also the aforeigners who join themselves to the Lord, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be His servants, every one who bkeeps from profaning the sabbath And holds fast My covenant;

Isaiah 58

13 "If because of the sabbath, you aturn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a bdelight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, And honor it, desisting from your cown ways, From seeking your own pleasure And dspeaking your own word,

Jeremiah 17

21 'Thus says the Lord, "aTake heed for yourselves, and bdo not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 17

22 "You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the sabbath day anor do any work, but keep the sabbath day holy, as I bcommanded your forefathers.

Ezekiel 20

12 "Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a asign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Ezekiel 20

20 'aSanctify My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.'