Exodus 20:8

New Century Version

“Remember to keep the Sabbath holy.

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day, because on that day he rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days I saw people in Judah working in the winepresses on the Sabbath day. They were bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys. And they were bringing loads of wine, grapes, and figs into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them about selling food on that day.

Nehemiah 9:14

You told them about your holy Sabbath and gave them commands, orders, and teachings through your servant Moses.

Exodus 23:12

“You should work six days a week, but on the seventh day you must rest. This lets your ox and your donkey rest, and it also lets the slave born in your house and the foreigner be refreshed.

Exodus 31:12

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 35:1

Moses gathered all the Israelite community together and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do.

Isaiah 56:2

The person who obeys the law about the Sabbath will be blessed, and the person who does no evil will be blessed.”

Isaiah 58:13

“You must obey God’s law about the Sabbath and not do what pleases yourselves on that holy day. You should call the Sabbath a joyful day and honor it as the Lord’s holy day. You should honor it by not doing whatever you please nor saying whatever you please on that day.

Jeremiah 17:21

This is what the Lord says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 17:22

Don’t take a load out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work on that day. But keep the Sabbath as a holy day, as I commanded your ancestors.

Jeremiah 17:24

But you must be careful to obey me, says the Lord. You must not bring a load through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath, but you must keep the Sabbath as a holy day and not do any work on that day.

Ezekiel 20:20

Keep my Sabbaths holy, and they will be a sign between me and you. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”

Leviticus 19:3

“ ‘You must respect your mother and father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:30

“ ‘Obey the laws about Sabbaths, and respect my Most Holy Place. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:3

“ ‘There are six days for you to work, but the seventh day will be a special day of rest. It is a day for a holy meeting; you must not do any work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your homes.

Leviticus 26:2

“ ‘Remember my Sabbaths, and respect my Holy Place. I am the Lord.

Numbers 15:32

When the Israelites were still in the desert, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 5:12

“Keep the Sabbath as a holy day, as the Lord your God has commanded you.