Ways “Holiness’ is used…Part 1

Of God’s true nature

Psalms 30:3  

O LORD, you brought me up from the grave; you spared me from going down into the pit.

Psalms 97:12  

Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.

In signets on the high priest’s mitre

Exodus 28:36  

“Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

Exodus 39:30  

They made the plate, the sacred diadem, out of pure gold and engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

Of Worship to God

1 Chronicles 16:29  

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.

Psalms 29:2  

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.

Psalms 96:9  

Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

Of Praise to God

2 Chronicles 20:21  

After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever.”

Of separation to God

2 Chronicles 31:18  

They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.