Exodus 20:11
for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that `is' in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.
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- Gen 2:2-3 : 2 and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. 3 And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.
- Exod 31:17 : 17 between Me and the sons of Israel it `is' a sign -- to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'
- Gen 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth -- 2 the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness `is' on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,
- Mark 2:27-28 : 27 And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath, 28 so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'
- Acts 20:7 : 7 And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,
- Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'
- Ps 95:4-7 : 4 In whose hand `are' the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills `are' His. 5 Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land. 6 Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker. 7 For He `is' our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 2:1-44 verses86%
1And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;
2and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.
3And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.
4These `are' births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;
- Exod 31:13-175 verses84%
13`And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it `is' a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;
14and ye have kept the sabbath, for it `is' holy to you, he who is polluting it is certainly put to death -- for any who doeth work in it -- that person hath even been cut off from the midst of his people.
15`Six days is work done, and in the seventh day `is' a sabbath of holy rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in the sabbath-day is certainly put to death,
16and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations `is' a covenant age-during,
17between Me and the sons of Israel it `is' a sign -- to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'
- Exod 20:7-104 verses84%
7`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.
8`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;
9six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,
10and the seventh day `is' a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --
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3six days is work done, and in the seventh day `is' a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it `is' a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.
- Deut 5:11-155 verses79%
11`Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.
12`Observe the day of the sabbath -- to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;
13six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,
14and the seventh day `is' a sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy sojourner who `is' within thy gates; so that thy man-servant, and thy handmaid doth rest like thyself;
15and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God is bringing thee out thence by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm; therefore hath Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the day of the sabbath.
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21`Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.
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4for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh `day' thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'
- Exod 16:29-302 verses78%
29see, because Jehovah hath given to you the sabbath, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; abide ye each `in' his place, no one doth go out from his place on the seventh day.'
30And the people rest on the seventh day,
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2Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy `day', a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death;
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12`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
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12`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
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8six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day `is' a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.
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20And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, `am' your God.
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6Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that `is' in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,
- Heb 4:9-102 verses72%
9there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,
10for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.
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31And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.
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22Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.
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12And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I `am' Jehovah their sanctifier.
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2`My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I `am' Jehovah.
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26six days ye do gather it, and in the seventh day -- the sabbath -- in it there is none.'
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5Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.
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27And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,
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4`Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which `is' in the heavens above, or which `is' in the earth beneath, or which `is' in the waters under the earth.
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30`My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I `am' Jehovah.
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25and on the seventh day a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work.
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31ye do no work -- a statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings.
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15Seven days thou dost feast before Jehovah thy God, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, for Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all thine increase, and in every work of thy hands, and thou hast been only rejoicing.
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2`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, then hath the land kept a sabbath to Jehovah.
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15Blessed `are' ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,
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6By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.