Exodus 20:11

World English Bible (2000)

for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:2-3 : 2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
  • Exod 31:17 : 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh 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 heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  • Mark 2:27-28 : 27 He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
  • Acts 20:7 : 7 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
  • Ps 95:4-7 : 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. 5 The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land. 6 Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, 7 for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 2:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.

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

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

    4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

  • Exod 31:13-17
    5 verses
    84%

    13 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

    14 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

    15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

    16 Therefore 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 forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"

  • Exod 20:7-10
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    84%

    7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

    8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9 You shall labor six days, and do all your work,

    10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

  • Lev 23:3
    79%

    3 "'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

  • Deut 5:11-15
    5 verses
    79%

    11 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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

    13 You shall labor six days, and do all your work;

    14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

    15 You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

  • Exod 34:21
    79%

    21 "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

  • Heb 4:4
    78%

    4 For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"

  • Exod 16:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29 Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one 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 a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

  • Exod 20:12
    75%

    12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

  • Exod 23:12
    75%

    12 "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

  • Deut 16:8
    74%

    8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God; you shall do no work [therein].

  • Ezek 20:20
    73%

    20 and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.

  • Ps 146:6
    72%

    6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

  • Heb 4:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

    10 For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

  • Gen 1:31
    72%

    31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

  • Jer 17:22
    72%

    22 neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make 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 Yahweh who sanctifies them.

  • Lev 26:2
    71%

    2 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.

  • Exod 16:26
    71%

    26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none."

  • Ps 95:5
    71%

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

  • Mark 2:27
    71%

    27 He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

  • Exod 20:4
    71%

    4 "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

  • Lev 19:30
    70%

    30 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

  • Num 28:25
    70%

    25 On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.

  • Lev 23:31
    70%

    31 You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Deut 16:15
    70%

    15 You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.

  • Lev 25:2
    69%

    2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.

  • Ps 115:15
    69%

    15 Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

  • Ps 33:6
    69%

    6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.