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Isaiah 56:2
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Isaiah 56:2
2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the sonne of man that layeth holde on it: that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any euill.
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DEFINED WORDS
Isaiah 56:2
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Places, sets, puts, applies, or imposes. In KJV phrases, it may mean stores up, reveals, brings low, grasps, regards, establishes, sets an ambush, or attacks.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)
To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Defiling; rendering unclean; corrupting; profaning.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study13Speak 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.
14Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
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Open the full verse study13¶ If 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:
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Open the full verse study12Moreover 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.
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Open the full verse study1PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
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Open the full verse study10But 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:
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Open the full verse study20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
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Open the full verse study21Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
22Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
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Open the full verse study28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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Open the full verse study17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
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Open the full verse study3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
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Open the full verse study8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Open the full verse study30¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
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Open the full verse study16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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Open the full verse study17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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Open the full verse study6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
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Open the full verse study13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
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Open the full verse study27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
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Open the full verse study101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
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Open the full verse study6Also 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;
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Open the full verse study43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
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Open the full verse study17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
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Open the full verse study14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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Open the full verse study27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
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Open the full verse study14Blessed 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.
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Open the full verse study18It 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.
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Open the full verse study4For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED 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.
2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
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Open the full verse study1LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
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Open the full verse study9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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