The Seventh Day

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

between Me and the sons of Israel it <FI>is<Fi> a sign--to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'

And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; — read the full passage →

for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh <FI>day<Fi> thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

six days is work done, and in the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it <FI>is<Fi> a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy <FI>day<Fi> , a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death;

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. — read the full passage →

`Six days is work done, and in the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a sabbath of holy rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in the sabbath-day is certainly put to death,

`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

`Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.

and the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's-day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying,

And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, — read the full passage →

And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

And it cometh to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the company come in, and declare to Moses. — read the full passage →

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short, — read the full passage →

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath;

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

And Moses calleth unto all Israel, and saith unto them, `Hear, Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your ears to-day, and ye have learned them, and have observed to do them. — read the full passage →

for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.

And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon <FI>them<Fi> that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain <FI>others<Fi> with them, — read the full passage →

And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah their sanctifier.

And he saith unto them, `It <FI>is<Fi> that which Jehovah hath spoken <FI>of<Fi> ; a rest--a holy sabbath to Jehovah--<FI> is<Fi> to-morrow; that which ye bake, bake; and that which ye boil, boil; and all that is over, let rest for yourselves in charge till the morning.'

and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age--Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations <FI>is<Fi> a covenant age-during,

and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.

on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,

and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down,

so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'

These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.

six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, — read the full passage →

`And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it <FI>is<Fi> a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you; — read the full passage →

`And I, lo, I have given with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of every wise-hearted one I have given wisdom, and they have made all that which I have commanded thee.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

saying in a great voice, `Fear ye God, and give to Him glory, because come did the hour of His judgment, and bow ye before Him who did make the heaven, and the land, and sea, and fountains of waters.'

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him. — read the full passage →

And he saith unto me, Till evening--morning two thousand and three hundred, then is the holy place declared right.

In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision. — read the full passage →

and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down, — read the full passage →

It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;'

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb, — read the full passage →

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;

And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, <FI>am<Fi> your God.

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;

and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls--according to their works;

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →

and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, `See--not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.'

Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

And I saw another messenger flying in mid-heaven, having good news age-during to proclaim to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

these are they who with women were not defiled, for they are virgin; these are they who are following the Lamb whithersoever he may go; these were bought from among men--a first-fruit to God and to the Lamb--

And I saw, and lo, a Lamb having stood upon the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousands, having the name of his Father written upon their foreheads; — read the full passage →

every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And there were accompanying him unto Asia, Sopater of Berea, and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of Asiatics Tychicus and Trophimus;

And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;' — read the full passage →

and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him,

Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

and he continued a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.

And he saith to them, `Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.

And I have caused to cease all her joy, Her festival, her new moon, and her sabbath, Even all her appointed times,

And I bring them out of the land of Egypt, And I bring them in unto the wilderness,

And it cometh to pass, in the seventh year, in the fifth <FI>month<Fi> , in the tenth of the month, come in have certain of the elders of Israel to seek Jehovah, and they sit before me; — read the full passage →

For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name. — read the full passage →

and there withstood them Elymas the magian--for so is his name interpreted--seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

six days ye do gather it, and in the seventh day--the sabbath--in it there is none.'

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well; — read the full passage →