Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified it, because on it he rested from all his work {of creating that [there was] to do}.

Leviticus 23:3

" '[For] six days work is to be done, and on the seventh day [shall be] {a Sabbath of complete rest}, a holy assembly; you shall not do any work; it [shall be] a Sabbath for Yahweh in all your dwellings.

Mark 2:27

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was established for people, and not people for the Sabbath.

Exodus 16:22-30

And when it was the sixth day, they gathered twice [as much] bread, two omers for one [person], and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses.

Exodus 20:8-11

"Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it.

Exodus 23:12

" 'Six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you will stop so that your ox and your donkey will rest and the son of your slave woman and the alien will be refreshed.

Exodus 31:13-17

"And you, speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, because it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations, [in order] to know that I [am] Yahweh, who consecrates you.

Exodus 34:21

Six days you will work, and on the seventh day you will rest; in the [time of] plowing and in the [time of] harvest you will rest.

Exodus 35:2-3

[On] six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy [day], a {Sabbath of complete rest}, for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death.

Leviticus 25:2-3

"Speak to the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'When you come into the land that I [am about to] give to you, then the land shall observe a Sabbath for Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 5:12-14

'Observe the {Sabbath day} to make it holy, [just] as Yahweh your God has commanded you.

Nehemiah 9:14

You made known your holy Sabbath to them and gave them commandments, regulations, and law by the hand of your servant Moses.

Nehemiah 13:15-22

In those days I saw in Judah [people] treading the wine press on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps [of grain] and loading them on donkeys along with wine, grapes and figs, and every kind of burden and bringing [it all] to Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath. And I warned them at that time against selling food.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.

Isaiah 56:2-7

Happy [is the] man [who] does this, and [the] son of humankind [who] keeps hold of it, who keeps [the] Sabbath {so as not to profane} it, and who keeps his hand from doing any evil."

Isaiah 58:13-14

If you hold your foot back from [the] Sabbath, [from] doing your affairs on {my holy day}, if you call the Sabbath a pleasure, the holy [day] of Yahweh honorable, if you honor him {more than} doing your ways, than finding your affairs and speaking a word,

Jeremiah 17:21-27

Thus says Yahweh, "Be on your guard for the sake of yourselves, that you must not carry a burden on the day of the Sabbath, and you must [not] bring [it] through the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 20:12

And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between me and between them {so they would know} that I, Yahweh, [am] [the one] sanctifying them.

Luke 23:56

And they returned [and] prepared fragrant spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Hebrews 4:4-10

For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh [day] in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

General references

Bible References

General references

Exodus 20:8
"Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it.