Bible Verses about the Sabbath

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• Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath in honor of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male slave, nor your female slave, nor your animals, nor the foreigner who dwells with you. The Lord made the heavens and the earth and the seas and that which is in them in six days, but he rested the seventh day. Thus, the Lord blessed the Sabbath and declared it to be sacred.
  Exodus 20:8-11
• You shall observe the Sabbath by keeping it holy, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you. You are to labor on six days, doing all of your work then. The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord, your God. You shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your ox, nor your ass, nor your cattle, nor even the foreigner living in your town. Thus your manservant and maidservant can rest as well.
  Deuteronomy 5:12-14rest
• I, the Lord, am your God. You must obey my laws and be careful to observe my ordinances. Keep holy my Sabbaths as a sign between me and you so that you will know that I am the Lord, your God.
  Ezekiel 20:19-20lawobedience
• If you refrain from traveling on the Sabbath
  and from engaging in your own interests on my holy day,
  if you call the Sabbath a day of joy
  and regard the Lord’s holy day as honorable,
  if you honor it by not going your own way,
  serving your own interests,
  or attending to your own affairs;
  then you will find true happiness in the Lord,
  and I will enable you to ride
  upon the heights of the earth.
  I will nourish you with the heritage of your father Jacob,
  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
  Isaiah 58:13-14
• God blessed the seventh day and he consecrated it, for on it he rested from all the work he had done when he created all things.
  Genesis 2:3creationblessing
• One day, as Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the Sabbath, his disciples began to pick some heads of grain as they walked along. The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are your disciples doing what is forbidden on the Sabbath?”
  
  He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread that only the priests were permitted to eat, and he shared it with his companions.” Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
  Mark 2:23-28bread
• One person may consider one day to be more sacred than another, while another may judge all days to be alike. Let everyone be convinced in his own beliefs.
  Romans 14:5obediencewisdomneighbor
• How much more valuable a man is than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
  Matthew 12:12valuable
• Therefore, do not allow anyone to pass judgment on you in regard to what you eat or drink, or about the observance of Festivals, New Moons, or Sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come. The reality is Christ.
  Colossians 2:16-17foodjudgmentJesus
• Therefore, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God, since those who enter into God’s rest also cease from their own labors as God did from his.
  Hebrews 4:9-10restwork
• For six days work can be done, but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, a holy assembly. You will do no work on it; it is a Sabbath of the Lord in all of your dwellings.
  Leviticus 23:3
• On one Sabbath as Jesus was teaching in the synagogue, a woman was present, possessed by a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and completely unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.” Then he laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.
  
  But the leader of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had effected a cure on the Sabbath, and he said to the assembled people, “There are six days when work is permitted. Come on those days and be cured, and not on the Sabbath.” The Lord said to him in reply, “You hypocrites! Is there a single one of you who does not untie his ox or his donkey and lead it from its stall to give it water on the Sabbath? Should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has held bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath?” At these words, all his adversaries were put to shame, and the people rejoiced at all the wonderful things he was doing.
  Luke 13:10-17miracleshealing
• Observe my Sabbaths and stand in awe before my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
  Leviticus 26:2
• Let us then make every effort to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall by following that example of refusing to believe.
  Hebrews 4:11obediencerest
• Remember that you were once a slave in the land of Egypt. The Lord, your God, brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, the Lord, your God, has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
  Deuteronomy 5:15slavery