Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Cross-reference
Exodus 31:17 echoes the creation rest rationale and adds that the Sabbath is a sign between God and Israel.
Genesis 2:2 is the source of the creation rest that Exodus 20:11 explicitly cites as the reason for the Sabbath.
Genesis 2:3 is the original account of God blessing and sanctifying the seventh day after resting — the direct source for the Sabbath rationale here.
Genesis 1:1 begins the creation account that Exodus 20:11 summarizes — 'heavens and earth' as the work God made in six days.
Genesis 2:1 states creation was finished — the completion that leads to God's rest on the seventh day, grounding the Sabbath command.
Revelation 14:7 directly echoes the creation language of Exodus 20:11 — 'who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water' — calling for worship of the Creator.
Hebrews 4:4 directly mentions God's rest on the seventh day, citing the same creation event that underlies the Sabbath command in Exodus 20:11.
Psalm 146:6 repeats the exact list from Exodus 20:11 — heaven, earth, sea, all in them — and adds God's faithfulness, reinforcing the Sabbath's foundation.
Hebrews 4:3 connects God's finished works from creation to the rest believers enter — a typological fulfillment of the Sabbath rest established in Exodus 20:11.
Jeremiah 32:17 directly echoes Exodus 20:11's creation statement, adding 'nothing is too hard for you' — a strong thematic parallel on God's creative power.
Ezekiel 20:20 directly commands Sabbath observance as a sign, reinforcing the holy rest instituted in Exodus 20:11.
Genesis 1:31 declares creation 'very good' — the culmination of the six days that Exodus 20:11 uses to justify the Sabbath rest.
Mark 2:28 declares Jesus as Lord of the Sabbath — claiming authority over the day instituted at creation, revealing his divine identity.
Mark 2:27 teaches that the Sabbath was made for man — a purpose statement that builds on the creation rest as a gift for human benefit.
Acts 20:7 shows early Christians meeting on Sunday — a contrast to the seventh-day Sabbath rest commanded here, reflecting the resurrection shift.
Psalm 95:4-7 echoes the creation theme — God made the sea and dry land — inviting worship of the Creator, aligning with the Sabbath's foundation.
Jeremiah 27:5 affirms God made the earth and its inhabitants by His power — echoing the creative sovereignty behind the Sabbath in Exodus 20:11.
Isaiah 48:13 describes God's hand founding the earth and spreading out the heavens — a parallel to the creation work that grounds the Sabbath command.
Psalm 102:25 echoes the creation theme, praising God as the one who laid earth's foundation and made the heavens — a parallel to the six-day creation in Exodus 20:11.