Bible Verses about “working on the sabbath”
The Bible contains 12 verses about working on 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:”
“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.”
“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.”
“And he said unto them, ‹What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift› [it] ‹out?›”
“‹How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.›”
“‹Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.›”
“Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.”