Isaiah 56
Treated in 10 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 56:7 I will lead them to my holy mountain and make them glad in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will find favor on my altar, for my house will be named a house of prayer for all peoples. 5
- 56:2 How blessed is the mortal who does this, the human being who clings to it, who guards the Sabbath and does not make it common, and who will not lift a hand to do any evil. 2
- 56:6 As for the foreigners who attach themselves to the LORD, who serve him, who love the name of the LORD and become his servants, everyone who guards the Sabbath and does not make it common and who clings to my covenant, 2
- 56:10 The nation's lookouts are blind, every one; none of them understands. All of them are voiceless dogs that cannot give a bark; they sprawl out and dream, and dozing is what they love. 1
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Where it is preached
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
July cites Isa. lvi. 2
…note of praise.—A. J. Gordon. July 23 Blessed is the man . . . that keepeth the Sabbath. Isa. lvi. 2. The Sabbath is the savings-bank of human life, into which we deposit one day in seven to…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Isa 56: 2
…is, ‘Blessed is the man that does this, that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it.’ Isa 56: 2. ‘Blessed is the man;’ in the Hebrew it is, ‘blessednesses.’ To him that keeps the…
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.2 Love cites Isa 56: 6
…as love to duty, God delights in; therefore serving and loving God are put together. Isa 56: 6. It is better to love him than to serve him; obedience without love, is like wine without…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Joy cites Isa 56:6
…move faster. How fervently did they pray, whom God made joyful in the house of prayer! Isa 56:6. (3.) It is called the kingdom of God in Rom 14:17, because it is a taste of that which…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites Isa 56: 7
…(2) Serving the true God is delightful. ‘I will make them joyful in my house of prayer.’ Isa 56: 7. God often displays the banner of his love in an ordinance, and pours the oil of gladness…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.2 The Second Commandment cites Isa 56: 7
…it makes the commandments delightful. ‘I will make them joyful in my house of prayer.’ Isa 56: 7. Joy is like oil to the wheels, which makes a Christian run in the way of God’s…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 6: The Greatest Rescue ·
Children Singing in the Temple cites Isaiah 56:7
…21:16). And He called the temple a house of prayer, as God had said through Isaiah (Isaiah 56:7). Read it in your Bible: Matthew 21:12–17 Dear Jesus, thank you that you love to hear…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Adoption cites Isa 56:7
…makes him free and cheerful in the service of God; he is ‘joyful in the house of prayer.’ Isa 56:7. (3.) God adopts us to a state of dignity. He makes us heirs of promise, he installs us…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Isa. 56:7
…most honourable appellation, especially when he called the temple the “house of prayer,” (Isa. 56:7). For by this expression he both showed that the duty of prayer is a principal part of…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 9 — Of Councils and Their Authority cites Isa. 56:10
…enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way” (Isa. 56:10, 11). In the same way Hosea says, “The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the…