Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.'
  • Heb 4:4 : 4 for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh `day' thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'
  • Deut 5:14 : 14 and 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;
  • Exod 20:8-9 : 8 `Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; 9 six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, 10 and 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, -- 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.
  • Exod 23:12 : 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;
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.
  • Isa 58:13 : 13 If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.
  • John 5:17 : 17 And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'