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Sabbath Day

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Exodus 20:8–11

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 58:13–14

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: — read the full passage →

Colossians 2:16–17

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: — read the full passage →

Leviticus 23:3

Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.

Genesis 2:2–3

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 5:12–15

Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee. — read the full passage →

Mark 2:27

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Mark 2:27–28

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: — read the full passage →

Luke 4:16

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.

Hebrews 4:9–10

There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →

Exodus 31:13–17

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. — read the full passage →

Exodus 16:23–30

And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. — read the full passage →

Acts 16:13

And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

Luke 13:10–17

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. — read the full passage →

Acts 13:14

But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Acts 17:2

and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,

Ezekiel 20:12

Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.

Matthew 28:1

Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Matthew 12:1–8

At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat. — read the full passage →

Nehemiah 13:15–22

In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 4:9

There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.

Hebrews 4:1–16

Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. — read the full passage →

Luke 23:56

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Mark 2:28

so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.

Matthew 5:17–19

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

Exodus 20:8

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Romans 14:5

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

Matthew 24:20

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

Mark 16:1

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Acts 18:4

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Exodus 31:16

Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Leviticus 23:32

It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath.

Hebrews 4:9–11

There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →

Acts 1:12

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey off.

Matthew 12:1–12

At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat. — read the full passage →

Acts 13:42

And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.

Isaiah 66:23

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Jehovah.

Exodus 31:12–17

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Luke 13:10–16

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:5

And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

Deuteronomy 5:12–14

Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee. — read the full passage →

Matthew 11:28–30

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Revelation 14:12

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Mark 2:23–28

And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears. — read the full passage →

Matthew 12:12

How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

Leviticus 26:2

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.

Exodus 20:8–10

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

Exodus 35:2–3

Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death. — read the full passage →

Romans 3:31

Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

Luke 14:1–6

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. — read the full passage →

Luke 4:31

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day:

Colossians 2:16

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

Deuteronomy 5:15

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Acts 20:7

And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.

Luke 13:10

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.

Genesis 2:1–25

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 20:19–20

I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them; — read the full passage →

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

Acts 15:19–20

Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God; — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 31:31–34

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: — read the full passage →

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, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Exodus 31:13

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

Exodus 20:11

for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Revelation 1:10

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

Leviticus 23:1–44

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Exodus 31:14

Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

Luke 6:1–49

Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

Matthew 15:9

But in vain do they worship me, Teachingas theirdoctrines the precepts of men.

Isaiah 56:2

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Exodus 34:21

Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Genesis 2:2

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

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Ezekiel 46:1–4

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. — read the full passage →

Exodus 35:2

Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

Exodus 20:1–26

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

Genesis 2:1–3:24

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

Genesis 2:1–3

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 16:2

Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

Acts 15:21

For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

Exodus 35:3

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Revelation 12:17

And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:

Galatians 4:9–10

but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again? — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:1–40

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Romans 14:2

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

John 5:16–17

And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. — read the full passage →

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Luke 23:54

And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Amos 8:5

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Ezekiel 20:24

because they had not executed mine ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

Ezekiel 20:20

and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

Ezekiel 20:16

because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

Ezekiel 18:32

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

Isaiah 1:1–31

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.

Numbers 15:32–36

And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. — read the full passage →

Exodus 23:12

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.