Bible Verses about “the sabbath”
The Bible contains 16 verses about the sabbath across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“¶ Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]:”
“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.”
“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:”
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
“Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:”
“‹For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.›”
“¶ ‹Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.›”
“‹Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach› [them], ‹the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.›”
“Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.”
“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.”
“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.”
“And he said unto them, ‹The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:›”
“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.”
“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.”
“And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,”
“‹Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.›”