Thematic Bible: Resting


Thematic Bible



The seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah your God: in it you should not do any work. Your son and daughter should not work. Your manservant and maidservant should not work. Your ox, donkey, cattle or any stranger living with you should not work. Your manservant and maidservant should rest as much as you do. Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyWork, And RestStrangersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekForeigners Included In The LawDay 7No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Men And Women

By the seventh day God had finished his work. He rested from all his work on the seventh day. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. This is because he rested from all the work of creation he had done.


It is a long lasting sign between the people of Israel and me for the reason that Jehovah made heaven and earth in six days. Then He ceased from work and was refreshed on the seventh day.' Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfSabbath, In OtThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSix DaysDay 7Refreshing GodSabbaths Instituted

Somewhere God said this about the seventh day: God rested on the seventh day from all his works. Verse ConceptsHolidayThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Sabbaths Instituted

He who enters into his rest also rests from his own works, just as God did from his. Verse ConceptsWorks Of The LawstruggleRestStruggles