Exodus 20:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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  • Gen 2:2-3 : 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
  • Exod 31:17 : 17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
  • Gen 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  • Mark 2:27-28 : 27 And he said unto them, ‹The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:› 28 ‹Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.›
  • Acts 20:7 : 7 ¶ And upon the first [day] of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  • Ps 95:4-7 : 4 In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills [is] his also. 5 The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land]. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. 7 ¶ For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

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  • Gen 2:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1 ¶ Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

    2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

    3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

    4 ¶ These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

  • Exod 31:13-17
    5 verses
    84%

    13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.

    14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

    15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

    16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant.

    17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

  • Exod 20:7-10
    4 verses
    84%

    7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

    8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

    10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

  • Lev 23:3
    79%

    3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

  • Deut 5:11-15
    5 verses
    79%

    11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

    12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

    13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

    14 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

    15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and [that] the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

  • Exod 34:21
    79%

    21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

  • Heb 4:4
    78%

    4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

  • Exod 16:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

    30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

  • Exod 35:2
    77%

    2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

  • Exod 20:12
    75%

    12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • Exod 23:12
    75%

    12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

  • Deut 16:8
    74%

    8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day [shall be] a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work [therein].

  • Ezek 20:20
    73%

    20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Ps 146:6
    72%

    6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:

  • Heb 4:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

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

    10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.

  • Gen 1:31
    72%

    31 ¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

  • Jer 17:22
    72%

    22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

  • Ezek 20:12
    71%

    12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD that sanctify them.

  • Lev 26:2
    71%

    2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD.

  • Exod 16:26
    71%

    26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

  • Ps 95:5
    71%

    5 The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land].

  • Mark 2:27
    71%

    27 And he said unto them, ‹The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:›

  • Exod 20:4
    71%

    4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

  • Lev 19:30
    70%

    30 ¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD.

  • Num 28:25
    70%

    25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

  • Lev 23:31
    70%

    31 Ye shall do no manner of work: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Deut 16:15
    70%

    15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

  • Lev 25:2
    69%

    2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

  • Ps 115:15
    69%

    15 Ye [are] blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.

  • Ps 33:6
    69%

    6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.