Genesis 2:2
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2 And (A)on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
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Hebrews 4:4
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4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: (A)“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”
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Exodus 31:17
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17 (A)It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that (B)in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and (C)on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”
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Deuteronomy 5:14
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14 but (A)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 ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, (B)that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
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Exodus 23:12
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12 (A)“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
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Exodus 20:8-11
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8 (A)“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 (B)Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the (C)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, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the (D)sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For (E)in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
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John 5:17
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17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
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Isaiah 58:13
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13 (A)“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
from doing your pleasure[a] on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
or seeking (B)your own pleasure,[b] or talking idly;[c]
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- Isaiah 58:13 Or business
- Isaiah 58:13 Or pursuing your own business
- Isaiah 58:13 Hebrew or speaking a word
Genesis 1:31
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31 (A)And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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