Genesis 2:3

New International Reader's Version

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. He blessed it because on that day he rested from all the work he had done.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God saw everything he had made. And it was very good. There was evening, and there was morning. It was day six.

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. So on that day he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:4

Here is the story of the heavens and the earth when they were created. The Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Nehemiah 9:14

You taught them about your holy Sabbath day. You gave them commands, orders and laws. You did it through your servant Moses.

Exodus 23:12

“Do all your work in six days. But do not do any work on the seventh day. Then your oxen and donkeys can rest. The slaves born in your house can be renewed. And so can the outsiders who live among you.

Exodus 34:21

“Do your work in six days. But you must rest on the seventh day. Even when you are plowing your land or gathering your crops, you must rest on the seventh day.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord brings wealth. And it comes without painful work.

Ezekiel 20:12

I also told them to observe my Sabbath days. That is the sign of the covenant I made with them. I wanted them to know that I made them holy. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:3

“ ‘There are six days when you can work. But the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest. You must rest on it. Come together on that sacred day. You must not do any work on it. No matter where you live, it is a Sabbath day to honor the Lord.

Mark 2:27

Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath day was made for man. Man was not made for the Sabbath day.

Luke 23:56

Then they went home. There they prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath day in order to obey the Law.