7 Bible Verses about The Sabbath

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do a thing that it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. And he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him? how they went into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of shew-bread, of which it was not lawful for him or those who were with him to eat, but for the priests alone? read more.
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are not culpable? Now I tell you, That one greater than the temple is here. But if ye had known what that meant, I desire mercy and not sacrifice; ye would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

And eight days after, his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them: Jesus cometh, though the doors were fastened, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

On the first day of the week let every one of you set apart with himself, treasuring it up, whatsoever he may please to give, that when I come there may be then no gatherings.

And on the first day of the week, when the disciples were assembled to break bread, Paul preached unto them (ready to depart on the morrow), and extended his discourse until midnight.

If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?

Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are not culpable?

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.

(Now it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes.)

Then the Lord answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not every one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him to water?

AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the principal Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that they were watchfully observant of him.

AT that time Jesus walked through corn-fields on a sabbath-day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

and he discoursed in the synagogue every sabbath-day, and persuaded both the Jews and the Greek proselytes.

And Paul, according to his usual custom, went in to them, and for three sabbaths he reasoned with them from the scriptures,

And they departed from Perga, and came to Antioch in Pisidia, and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down. Then after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogues sent to them, saying, Men and brethren, if ye are disposed to give a word of exhortation to the people, speak.

And on the sabbath-day we went forth out of the city to the river side, where an oratory was by custom established; and sitting down, we spoke to the women who there assembled.

For he said in a certain passage concerning the seventh day to this purport, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

A sabbatical rest then still remaineth for the people of God.

For they who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, being ignorant of him, and the words of the prophets that are read every sabbath-day, by condemning him have fulfilled them.

For Moses for ages past in every city hath those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.

Then said certain of the Pharisees, This man is not from God, because he observeth not the sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a wicked man to do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

Then the ruler of the synagogue, indignant, that on the sabbath Jesus had performed the cure, addressing himself to the multitude, said, There are six days in which work is to be done: on these therefore come and be cured, and not on the sabbath-day.

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

And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and a man was there, and his right hand was shrunk.

And they departed from Perga, and came to Antioch in Pisidia, and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down.

I was [rapt] in spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet,

I was [rapt] in spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet,

And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he went, according to his usual custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and rose up to read.

Wherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

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