Exodus 31:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
  • Exod 31:13 : 13 Say 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.
  • 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.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 And 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.
  • Heb 4:10 : 10 For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 And 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.
  • Heb 4:3-4 : 3 For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world. 4 For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;
  • Job 38:7 : 7 When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?
  • Ps 104:31 : 31 Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:
  • Jer 32:41 : 41 And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 31:12-16
    5 verses
    84%

    12And the Lord said to Moses,

    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.

  • Exod 20:8-11
    4 verses
    84%

    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:

    11For 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.

  • Gen 2:2-4
    3 verses
    81%

    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 16:29-30
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Heb 4:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

    4For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;

    5And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.

  • Exod 34:21
    76%

    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.

  • Lev 23:3
    76%

    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.

  • Exod 31:18
    75%

    18And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.

  • Ezek 20:12
    75%

    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.

  • Ezek 20:20
    75%

    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.

  • Heb 4:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 35:2
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 23:12
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 16:31
    72%

    31It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.

  • Deut 16:8
    71%

    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.

  • Deut 5:12-15
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    71%

    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.

  • Exod 24:16
    71%

    16And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.

  • Lev 23:31
    71%

    31You may not do any sort of work: this is an order for ever through all your generations wherever you may be living.

  • Exod 13:9
    71%

    9And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

  • Exod 34:27
    70%

    27And the Lord said to Moses, Put all these words in writing; for on them is based the agreement which I will make with you.

  • Lev 24:8
    70%

    8Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.

  • Lev 26:2
    70%

    2Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 26:35
    70%

    35All the days while it is waste will the land have rest, such rest as it never had in your Sabbaths, when you were living in it.

  • Lev 25:2
    70%

    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.

  • Lev 19:30
    70%

    30Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    69%

    17And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Deut 9:11
    69%

    11Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement.

  • Exod 12:14
    69%

    14And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.

  • Exod 13:16
    69%

    16And this will be for a sign on your hand and for a mark on your brow: for by the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt.

  • Gen 1:31
    68%

    31And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.