Genesis 2:3

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Then God blessed the seventh day and set it apart as holy, because on that day he stopped all his work of creation.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

And God saw everything that he had made and that it was very good. There was evening, then morning—the sixth day.

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. On the seventh day he stopped the work he had been doing.

Genesis 2:4

This is the account of heaven and earth when they were created, at the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven.

Nehemiah 9:14

You taught them about your holy day of rest. You gave them commandments, laws, and teachings through your servant Moses.

Exodus 23:12

“For six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you must not work. Then your ox and donkey can rest. The slaves born in your household and foreigners will also be refreshed.

Exodus 34:21

“You may work six days, but on the seventh day you must not work. Even during the time of plowing or harvesting you must not work ⌞on this day⌟.

Proverbs 10:22

It is the Lord’s blessing that makes a person rich, and hard work adds nothing to it.

Ezekiel 20:12

I also gave them certain days to worship me as a sign between us so that they would know that I, the Lord, made them holy.

Leviticus 23:3

You may work for six days. But the seventh day is a day of rest, a day when you don’t work, a holy assembly. Don’t do any work. It is the Lord’s day of rest—a holy day wherever you live.

Mark 2:27

Then he added, “The day of rest—a holy day, was made for people, not people for the day of rest.

Luke 23:56

Then they went back to the city and prepared spices and perfumes. But on the day of rest—a holy day, they rested according to the commandment.