Genesis 1:31
1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Exodus 20:11
20:11 For in six days the
Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Exodus 23:12
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 31:17
31:17 It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days
the
Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”
Deuteronomy 5:14
5:14 but the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the
Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you,
so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
Isaiah 58:13
58:13 You must observe the Sabbath
rather than doing anything you please on my holy day.
You must look forward to the Sabbath
and treat the Lord’s holy day with respect.
You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities,
and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.
John 5:17
5:17 So he
told
them, “My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”
Hebrews 4:4
4:4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “
And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”