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Isaiah 58:13
“ If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;
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Jeremiah 17:21-22
Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers.
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Ezekiel 20:20
and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’
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Exodus 31:13-16
“ You are to speak to the people of Israel and say,‘ Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever.
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Ezekiel 20:12
Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
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Psalms 112:1
Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
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Luke 11:28
But he said,“ Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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John 13:17
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
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Psalms 1:1-3
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
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Exodus 20:8
“ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Psalms 15:1-5
O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
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Proverbs 16:6
By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.
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Psalms 37:27
Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.
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Nehemiah 13:17
Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them,“ What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
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Leviticus 19:30
You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
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Proverbs 14:16
One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
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Proverbs 4:27
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
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Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
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Isaiah 56:6
“ And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant—
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Psalms 119:101
I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
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Psalms 119:1-5
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
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Isaiah 56:4
For thus says the Lord:“ To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant,
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Psalms 106:3
Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
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Proverbs 4:13
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
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Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; whoever guards his way preserves his life.
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Exodus 20:10
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.
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Psalms 128:1
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
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Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.
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Psalms 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
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Luke 12:43
Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
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Romans 12:9
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.