Old Testament · Law
Exodus 20:8
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
About Exodus 20:8
Exodus 20:8 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on The Sabbath Day in the Bible and Keeping the Sabbath in the Bible. Found in the law of Exodus, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- Exodus 20:9
“Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:”
- Exodus 20:10
“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:”
- 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.”
- Deuteronomy 5:12
“Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.”
- Isaiah 58:13
“If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:”
How to Apply Exodus 20:8
Meditate on Exodus 20:8 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of The Sabbath Day in the Bible applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.