Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.
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- Gen 2:2-3 : 2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done. 3 And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
- Exod 31:17 : 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.
- Gen 1:1-2 : 1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
- Mark 2:27-28 : 27 And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; 28 So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
- Acts 20:7 : 7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.
- Gen 1:28 : 28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
- Ps 95:4-7 : 4 The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his. 5 The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands. 6 O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!
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- Gen 2:1-44 verses86%
1And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
2And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
3And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
4These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
- Exod 31:13-175 verses84%
13Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.
14So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.
15Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.
16And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.
17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.
- Exod 20:7-104 verses84%
7You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
8Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
9On six days do all your work:
10But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
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3On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.
- Deut 5:11-155 verses79%
11You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.
12Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.
13On six days do all your work:
14But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.
15And keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God took you out of that land by his strong hand and his stretched-out arm: for this reason the Lord has given you orders to keep the Sabbath day.
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21Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.
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4For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;
- Exod 16:29-302 verses78%
29See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30So the people took their rest on the seventh day.
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2Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.
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12Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
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12For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.
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8For six days let your food be unleavened bread; and on the seventh day there is to be a holy meeting to the Lord your God; no work is to be done.
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20And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.
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6Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
- Heb 4:9-102 verses72%
9So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.
10For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.
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31And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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22And take no weight out of your houses on the Sabbath day, or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I gave orders to your fathers;
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12And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
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2Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.
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26For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.
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5The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands.
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27And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
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4You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
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30Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.
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25Then on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.
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31You may not do any sort of work: this is an order for ever through all your generations wherever you may be living.
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15Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.
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2Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.
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15May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.