Exodus 20:8

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Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

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  • Exod 31:13-16 : 13 Speak to the Israelites and say: 'You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among their people. 15 For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 16 The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 26:2 : 2 Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD.
  • Gen 2:3 : 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creation that He had done.
  • Lev 19:30 : 30 Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
  • Lev 23:3 : 3 For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.
  • Exod 16:23-30 : 23 He said to them, "This is what the LORD has said: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil today, and save whatever is left over to keep until morning.'" 24 So they saved it until morning as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or have maggots in it. 25 Moses said, "Eat it today, because today is a sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it in the field today. 26 For six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will not be any." 27 However, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found nothing. 28 Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and instructions? 29 Understand that the LORD has given you the sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are; no one is to go out on the seventh day." 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
  • Exod 23:12 : 12 For six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant and the foreigner may be refreshed.
  • Isa 56:4-6 : 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold tightly to my covenant, 5 I will give them within my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.' 6 And to the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold firmly to my covenant—

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  • Deut 5:11-15
    5 verses
    87%

    11You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who takes His name in vain.

    12Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

    13Six days you shall labor and do all your work.

    14But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your ox, your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the foreigner residing in your towns—so that your male and female servants may rest as you do.

    15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

  • Exod 20:9-16
    8 verses
    86%

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates.

    11For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

    12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    13You shall not murder.

    14You shall not commit adultery.

    15You shall not steal.

    16You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Exod 20:7
    83%

    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.

  • Exod 35:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day will be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.

    3You shall not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.

  • Lev 26:2
    78%

    2Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

  • Lev 23:3
    78%

    3For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

  • Lev 19:30
    78%

    30Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 31:13-17
    5 verses
    78%

    13Speak to the Israelites and say: 'You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    14You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among their people.

    15For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

    16The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations.

    17It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.

  • Ezek 20:20
    78%

    20Sanctify my Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between me and you so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'

  • Exod 34:21
    77%

    21You are to work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest—even during the plowing season and the harvest you must rest.

  • Jer 17:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21This is what the LORD says: 'Be careful not to carry any load on the Sabbath day, or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.'

    22Do not bring any load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.

  • Ezek 22:8
    77%

    8You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.

  • Lev 20:8
    77%

    8Keep my statutes and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

  • Deut 16:8
    75%

    8For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You must not do any work.

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3You shall have no other gods before Me.

    4You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth.

  • Lev 19:3
    75%

    3Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  • Num 28:25
    75%

    25On the seventh day, you shall have a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7You shall have no other gods before Me.

    8You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

  • Deut 8:11
    74%

    11Be careful not to forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments, judgments, and statutes that I am commanding you today.

  • Isa 58:13
    74%

    13If you keep your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way or doing as you please or speaking idle words,

  • Lev 19:12
    74%

    12Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Matt 12:8
    73%

    8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

  • Num 29:35
    73%

    35On the eighth day, hold a solemn assembly. You shall do no regular work.

  • Exod 16:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29Understand that the LORD has given you the sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are; no one is to go out on the seventh day."

    30So the people rested on the seventh day.

  • Gen 2:3
    73%

    3Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creation that He had done.

  • Exod 23:12
    73%

    12For six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant and the foreigner may be refreshed.

  • Lev 23:28
    73%

    28You must not do any work on that very day, because it is a Day of Atonement to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.

  • Isa 56:2
    73%

    2Blessed is the person who does this, the one who holds fast to it: keeping the Sabbath without profaning it and guarding their hands from doing any evil.

  • Lev 22:31
    73%

    31Therefore, keep My commandments and follow them. I am the LORD.

  • Num 15:40
    72%

    40This will help you remember to follow all My commandments and to be holy to your God.