Isaiah 56:2

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Isaiah 56:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.

2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

4 For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—

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Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalms 1:2

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Psalms 1:3

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Psalms 15:1

O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?

Psalms 15:2

He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

Psalms 15:3

who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

Psalms 15:4

who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

Psalms 15:5

who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

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Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

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Psalms 119:1

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.

Psalms 119:2

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

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Psalms 119:5

Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

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But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Luke 12:43

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Isaiah 56:4

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Proverbs 4:13

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Ecclesiastes 7:18

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Isaiah 58:13

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Exodus 31:13

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Exodus 31:14

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Exodus 31:15

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Exodus 31:16

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Leviticus 19:30

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Jeremiah 17:22

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Ezekiel 20:20

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Proverbs 16:6

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