Genesis 2:3

New English Translation

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

Genesis 2:4

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

Nehemiah 9:14

You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.

Exodus 23:12

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and any hired help may refresh themselves.

Exodus 34:21

“On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

Ezekiel 20:12

I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the Lord, sanctify them.

Leviticus 23:3

“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.

Mark 2:27

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

Luke 23:56

Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.