Exodus 31:17

New Century Version

The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, because in six days I, the Lord, made the sky and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested.’ ”

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.

Job 38:7

while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted with joy?

Psalm 104:31

May the glory of the Lord be forever. May the Lord enjoy what he has made.

Exodus 20:11

The reason is that in six days the Lord made everything—the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. On the seventh day he rested. So the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 31:13

“Tell the Israelites, ‘You must keep the rules about my Sabbaths, because they will be a sign between you and me from now on. In this way you will know that I, the Lord, make you holy.

Exodus 31:16

The Israelites must remember the Sabbath day as an agreement between them and me that will continue from now on.

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 32:41

I will enjoy doing good to them. And with my whole being I will surely plant them in this land and make them grow.”

Ezekiel 20:12

I also gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between us so they would know that I am the Lord who made them holy.

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.”

Hebrews 4:10

Anyone who enters God’s rest will rest from his work as God did.