Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rested' occurs 28 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rested' in the standard works and contain 28.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.




Num. 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 20 0 20
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 4 0 4
Num. 6 0 6
Josh. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 1 0 1
NT 1 0 1
BM 2 1 3
DC 2 0 2
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 28 1 29

Gen. 2:2
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Gen. 2:3
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Gen. 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.