Exodus 20:8

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God).

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. [Heb. 4:9, 10.]

Genesis 2:3

And God blessed (spoke good of) the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done. [Exod. 20:11.]

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days I saw in Judah men treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves or heaps of grain with which they loaded donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I protested and warned them on the day they sold the produce.

Nehemiah 9:14

And You made known to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments, statutes, and a law through Moses Your servant.

Exodus 23:12

Six days you shall do your work, but the seventh day you shall rest and keep Sabbath, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your bondwoman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:12

And the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 35:1

MOSES GATHERED all the congregation of the Israelites together and said to them, These are the things which the Lord has commanded that you do:

Isaiah 56:2

Blessed, happy, and fortunate is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold of it and binds himself fast to it, who keeps sacred the Sabbath so as not to profane it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 58:13

If you turn away your foot from [traveling unduly on] the Sabbath, from doing your own pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and honor Him and it, not going your own way or seeking or finding your own pleasure or speaking with your own [idle] words,

Jeremiah 17:21

Thus says the Lord: Take heed to yourselves and for the sake of your lives bear no burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 17:22

And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy (set apart to the worship of God), as I commanded your fathers.

Jeremiah 17:24

But if you diligently listen to and obey Me, says the Lord, and bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy (set apart to the worship of God), to do no work on it,

Ezekiel 20:20

And hallow (separate and keep holy) My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you shall give due respect to his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths holy. I the Lord am your God.

Leviticus 19:30

You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:3

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation or assembly by summons. You shall do no work on that day; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Leviticus 26:2

You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Numbers 15:32

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 5:12

Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.