Genesis 2:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working.

Cross References

Leviticus 23:3

You have six days in which to do your work, but remember that the seventh day, the Sabbath, is a day of rest. On that day do not work, but gather for worship. The Sabbath belongs to the Lord, no matter where you live.

Mark 2:27

And Jesus concluded, “The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath.

Ezekiel 20:12

I made the keeping of the Sabbath a sign of the agreement between us, to remind them that I, the Lord, make them holy.

Luke 23:56

Then they went back home and prepared the spices and perfumes for the body. On the Sabbath they rested, as the Law commanded.

Exodus 34:21

“You have six days in which to do your work, but do not work on the seventh day, not even during plowing time or harvest.

Nehemiah 9:14

You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy, and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.

Exodus 23:12

“Work six days a week, but do no work on the seventh day, so that your slaves and the foreigners who work for you and even your animals can rest.

Proverbs 10:22

It is the Lord's blessing that makes you wealthy. Hard work can make you no richer.

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working.

Genesis 2:4

And that is how the universe was created. When the Lord God made the universe,

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came—that was the sixth day.