Thematic Bible: Resting


Thematic Bible



but the seventh day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to the Lord your God; on that day you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock or the stranger who stays inside your [city] gates, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyWork, And RestStrangersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekForeigners Included In The LawDay 7No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Men And Women

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. And God blessed (spoke good of) the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done.

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy [that is, set it apart for His purposes]. Verse ConceptsCreation, Origin OfCompletionEarth, Creation OfGod, Human Descriptions OfHoliness, As Set Apart For GodHoliness, Believers' Growth InPast, TheWork, And RestConsecrationSix DaysCreation Of The SeasHoly TimesSabbaths InstitutedBlessed By GodHallowedDaysCreationEarthGod's CreationTaking Care Of The Earth

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 ceased and was refreshed.” Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfSabbath, In OtThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSix DaysDay 7Refreshing GodSabbaths Instituted

For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; Verse ConceptsHolidayThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Sabbaths Instituted

For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own. Verse ConceptsWorks Of The LawstruggleRestStruggles