Nehemiah 10:31

New Century Version

Foreigners may bring goods or grain to sell on the Sabbath, but we will not buy on the Sabbath or any holy day. Every seventh year we will not plant, and that year we will forget all that people owe us.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

And so what the Lord had told Israel through the prophet Jeremiah happened: The country was an empty wasteland for seventy years to make up for the years of Sabbath rest that the people had not kept.

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 13:27

And now you are not obedient when you do this evil thing. You are unfaithful to our God when you marry foreign wives.”

Exodus 12:16

You are to have holy meetings on the first and last days of the feast. You must not do any work on these days; the only work you may do is to prepare your meals.

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God. On that day no one may do any work: not you, your son or daughter, your male or female slaves, your animals, or the foreigners living in your cities.

Exodus 34:16

If you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters worship gods, they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Isaiah 58:6

“I will tell you the kind of fast I want: Free the people you have put in prison unfairly and undo their chains. Free those to whom you are unfair and stop their hard labor.

Leviticus 16:29

“This law will always continue for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you must deny yourself and you must not do any work. The travelers or foreigners living with you must not work either.

Leviticus 23:21

On that same day you will call a holy meeting; you must not do any work that day. This law will continue for you from now on, wherever you live.

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.

Matthew 6:12

Forgive us for our sins, just as we have forgiven those who sinned against us.

Colossians 2:16

So do not let anyone make rules for you about eating and drinking or about a religious feast, a New Moon Festival, or a Sabbath day.

James 2:13

So you must show mercy to others, or God will not show mercy to you when he judges you. But the person who shows mercy can stand without fear at the judgment.