Exodus 31:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

It is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for in sixe dayes the Lorde made the heauen and the earth, & in the seuenth day he ceased, and rested.

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  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.
  • Exod 31:13 : 13 Speake thou also vnto the children of Israel, and say, Notwithstanding keepe yee my Sabbaths: for it is a signe betweene me and you in your generations, that ye may know that I the Lord do sanctifie you.
  • Gen 2:2-3 : 2 For in the seuenth day GOD ended his worke which he had made, and the seuenth day he rested from al his worke, which he had made. 3 So God blessed the seuenth day, & sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God had created and made.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betwene me & them, that they might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie them.
  • Heb 4:10 : 10 For he that is entred into his rest, hath also ceased from his owne works, as God did from his.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 And sanctifie my Sabbaths, and they shall bee a signe betweene mee and you, that ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God.
  • Heb 4:3-4 : 3 For we which haue beleeued, doe enter into rest, as he said to the other, As I haue sworne in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the workes were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certaine place of the seuenth day on this wise, And God did rest the seuenth day from all his workes.
  • Job 38:7 : 7 When the starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced:
  • Ps 104:31 : 31 Glory be to the Lord for euer: let the Lord reioyce in his workes.
  • Jer 32:41 : 41 Yea, I wil delite in them to do them good, and I wil plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart, and with all my soule.

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  • 84%

    12Afterwarde the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

    13Speake thou also vnto the children of Israel, and say, Notwithstanding keepe yee my Sabbaths: for it is a signe betweene me and you in your generations, that ye may know that I the Lord do sanctifie you.

    14Ye shall therefore keepe the Sabbath: for it is holy vnto you: he that defileth it, shal die the death: therefore whosoeuer worketh therin, the same person shalbe euen cut off from among his people.

    15Sixe dayes shall men worke, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shall dye the death.

    16Wherfore the children of Israel shal keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant.

  • Exod 20:8-11
    4 verses
    84%

    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keepe it holy.

    9Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,

    10But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

    11For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • Gen 2:2-4
    3 verses
    81%

    2For in the seuenth day GOD ended his worke which he had made, and the seuenth day he rested from al his worke, which he had made.

    3So God blessed the seuenth day, & sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God had created and made.

    4These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lorde God made the earth and the heauens,

  • 80%

    29Beholde, howe the Lorde hath giuen you the Sabbath: therefore he giueth you the sixt day bread for two dayes: tary therefore euery man in his place: let no man goe out of his place the seuenth day.

    30So the people rested the seuenth day.

  • Heb 4:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3For we which haue beleeued, doe enter into rest, as he said to the other, As I haue sworne in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the workes were finished from the foundation of the world.

    4For he spake in a certaine place of the seuenth day on this wise, And God did rest the seuenth day from all his workes.

    5And in this place againe, If they shall enter into my rest.

  • 21Six dayes shalt thou worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: both in earing time, and in the haruest thou shalt rest.

  • 3Six daies shall worke be done, but in the seuenth day shalbe the Sabbath of rest, an holie conuocation: ye shall do no worke therein, it is the Sabbath of the Lorde, in all your dwellings.

  • 18Thus (when the Lord had made an ende of communing with Moses vpon mount Sinai) he gaue him two Tables of the Testimonie, euen tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

  • 12Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betwene me & them, that they might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie them.

  • 20And sanctifie my Sabbaths, and they shall bee a signe betweene mee and you, that ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God.

  • Heb 4:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

    10For he that is entred into his rest, hath also ceased from his owne works, as God did from his.

  • 2Six dayes thou shalt work, but the seuenth day shall bee vnto you the holy Sabbath of rest vnto the Lord: whosoeuer doth any worke therein, shall die.

  • 12Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed.

  • 31This shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shal humble your soules, by an ordinance for euer.

  • 8Six daies shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, and ye seuenth day shall be a solemne assemblie to ye Lord thy God thou shalt do no worke therei n.

  • Deut 5:12-15
    4 verses
    71%

    12Keepe the Sabbath day, to sanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

    13Sixe dayes thou shalt labour, and shalt doe all thy worke:

    14But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not doe any worke therein, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man seruant, nor thy mayd, nor thine oxe, nor thine asse, neither any of thy cattel, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy man seruant and thy mayde may rest aswell as thou.

    15For, remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence by a mightie hand and a stretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to obserue the Sabbath day.

  • 16And the glorie of the Lorde abode vpon mount Sinai, and the cloude couered it sixe dayes: and the seuenth day he called vnto Moses out of the middes of the cloude.

  • 31Ye shall do no maner worke therefore: this shalbe a law for euer in your generations, throughout all your dwellings.

  • 9And it shalbe a signe vnto thee vpo thine hande, and for a remembrance betweene thine eyes, that the Lawe of the Lorde may be in thy mouth: for by a strong hand the Lorde brought thee out of Egypt.

  • 27And the Lord said vnto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenour of these words I haue made a couenant with thee & with Israel.

  • 8Euery Sabbath hee shall put them in rowes before the Lord euermore, receiuing them of the children of Israel for an euerlasting couenant.

  • 2Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths, and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.

  • 35All the dayes that it lieth voide, it shal rest, because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt vpon it.

  • 2Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye shall come into the lande which I giue you, the lande shall keepe Sabbath vnto the Lorde.

  • 30Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.

  • 17And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • 11And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant.

  • 14And this day shalbe vnto you a remembrance: and ye shall keepe it an holie feast vnto the Lord, throughout your generations: yee shall keepe it holie by an ordinance for euer.

  • 16And it shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frontlets betweene thine eyes, that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt by a mightie hande.

  • 31And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.