Exodus 20:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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  • Gen 2:2-3 : 2 By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. 3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.
  • Exod 31:17 : 17 It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”
  • Gen 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.
  • Mark 2:27-28 : 27 Then he said to them,“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. 28 For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
  • Acts 20:7 : 7 On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul began to speak to the people, and because he intended to leave the next day, he extended his message until midnight.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
  • Ps 95:4-7 : 4 The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5 The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land. 6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship! Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Creator! 7 For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!

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  • Gen 2:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.

    2By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

    3God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

    4The Creation of Man and Woman This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created– when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.

  • Exod 31:13-17
    5 verses
    84%

    13“Tell the Israelites,‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    14So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

    16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

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

  • Exod 20:7-10
    4 verses
    84%

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

    8“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.

    9For six days you may 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, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.

  • Lev 23:3
    79%

    3The Weekly Sabbath“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all the places where you live.

  • Deut 5:11-15
    5 verses
    79%

    11You must not make use of the name of the LORD your God for worthless purposes, for the LORD will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

    12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

    13You are to work and do all your tasks in six days,

    14but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the resident foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

    15Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

  • Exod 34:21
    79%

    21“On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

  • Heb 4:4
    78%

    4For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way:“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”

  • Exod 16:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

    30So the people rested on the seventh day.

  • Exod 35:2
    77%

    2In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.

  • Exod 20:12
    75%

    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

  • Exod 23:12
    75%

    12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and the resident foreigner may refresh themselves.

  • Deut 16:8
    74%

    8You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the LORD your God; you must not do any work on that day.

  • Ezek 20:20
    73%

    20Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the LORD your God.”

  • Ps 146:6
    72%

    6the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

  • Heb 4:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

    10For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

  • Gen 1:31
    72%

    31God saw all that he had made– and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.

  • Jer 17:22
    72%

    22Do not carry any loads out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day. But observe the Sabbath day as a day set apart to the LORD, as I commanded your ancestors.

  • Ezek 20:12
    71%

    12I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.

  • Lev 26:2
    71%

    2You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 16:26
    71%

    26Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”

  • Ps 95:5
    71%

    5The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land.

  • Mark 2:27
    71%

    27Then he said to them,“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

  • Exod 20:4
    71%

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

  • Lev 19:30
    70%

    30Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Num 28:25
    70%

    25On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.

  • Lev 23:31
    70%

    31You must not do any work. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live.

  • Deut 16:15
    70%

    15You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, for he will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; so you will indeed rejoice!

  • Lev 25:2
    69%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

  • Ps 115:15
    69%

    15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth!

  • Ps 33:6
    69%

    6By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.