Genesis 2:3

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Cross References (19)

  • Mark 2:27 (19)

    Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

  • Leviticus 23:3 (19)

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not

  • Ezekiel 20:12 (19)

    I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

  • Exodus 31:13–17 (13)

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations

  • Luke 23:56 (13)

    Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

  • Exodus 35:2–3 (11)

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoev

  • Exodus 34:21 (11)

    Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must

  • Jeremiah 17:21–27 (10)

    This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on

  • Leviticus 25:2–3 (10)

    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a S

  • Nehemiah 9:14 (9)

    You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

  • Exodus 20:8–11 (9)

    Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

  • Deuteronomy 5:12–14 (9)

    Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Isaiah 58:13–14 (9)

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a deli

  • Exodus 23:12 (9)

    For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest an

  • Exodus 16:22–30 (8)

    On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and

  • Hebrews 4:4–10 (8)

    For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.

  • Isaiah 56:2–7 (8)

    Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and k

  • Nehemiah 13:15–22 (6)

    In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys,

  • Proverbs 10:22 (4)

    The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.