8 Bible Verses about The Sabbath

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Hebrews 4:9-10

Therefore a celebration of a sabbath remains to the people of God. For he having come into his rest, he also has ceased from his works, as God from his own.

Matthew 12:2

And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not lawful to do in the sabbath.

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Matthew 12:2-8

And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not lawful to do in the sabbath. And he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they with him; How he went into the house of God, and ate the loaves of setting up, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, but for the priests alone? read more.
Or have ye not read in the law, that in the sabbaths, the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are innocent? But I say to you, That he here is greater than the temple. And if ye knew what it is, I will mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent. For the Lord of the sabbath is also the Son of man.

The sabbath » Called » The sabbath of the lord

Exodus 20:10

And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates.

Deuteronomy 5:14

And the seventh day, the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy stranger who is in thy gates; so that thy servant and thy maid shall rest like thyself.

The sabbath » The wicked » Pollute

Ezekiel 20:13

And the house of Israel will rebel against me fit the desert: in my laws they went not, and my judgments they rejected, which a man shall do them and he lived in them: and my Sabbaths they profaned greatly and saying, To pour out my wrath upon them in the desert to finish them.'

Ezekiel 20:16

Because they rejected upon my judgments, and my laws they went not in them, and my Sabbaths they profaned: for their heart went after their blocks.

Isaiah 56:2

Happy the man that shall do this, and the son of man that shall lay hold upon it; watching the Sabbath from defiling it, and watching his hand from doing all evil.

The sabbath » First day of the week kept as, by primitive church

John 20:26

And after eight days again were his disciples within, and Thomas with them: Jesus comes, the doors shut, and said, Peace to you.

Acts 20:7

And in one of the sabbaths, the disciples having been assembled together to break bread, Paul conversed with them being about to go forth the morrow; and he continued the word until midnight.

The sabbath » Works connected with religious service lawful on

John 7:23

If a man receive circumcision in the sabbath, that the law of Moses be not loosed; rage not at me, because I made a man wholly well on the Sabbath.

Matthew 12:5

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

The sabbath » Works of mercy lawful on

Luke 13:16

And this being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, behold, eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond the day of the sabbath

John 9:14

And it was the sabbath, when Jesus made clay, and opened his eyes.

The sabbath » Necessary wants may be supplied on

Luke 13:15

Then answered the Lord and said, Hypocrite, does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and leading away, give to drink?

Luke 14:1

And it was in his coining into the house of a certain of the Pharisees in the sabbath to eat bread, and they were observing him narrowly.

Matthew 12:1

In that time Jesus went in the sabbaths through the standing corn and his disciples were hungry, and begen to pluck the ears, end eat.

The sabbath » The word of God to be preached on

Acts 17:2

And according to custom to Paul, he went in to them, and upon three sabbaths discussed with them from the writings,

Acts 13:14-15

And they having passed from Perga, approached Antioch of Pisidia, and having come into the synagogue on the day of the sabbaths, they sat down. And after reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men, brethren, if the word of encouragement is in you to the people, speak.

The sabbath » The wicked » Traffic on

Nehemiah 10:31

And the people of the land bringing wares and all grain in the day of the Sabbath to sell, we will not take from them in the Sabbath and in the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the debt of every hand.

Nehemiah 13:15-16

In those days I saw in Judah those treading the wine-presses in the Sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and loading upon the asses; and also wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, and bringing into Jerusalem in the day of the Sabbath: and I shall testify in the day of their selling provision. And the Tyrians sat in it, bringing in fish and every selling, and selling in the Sabbath to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

The sabbath » Saints » Testify against those who desecrate

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days I saw in Judah those treading the wine-presses in the Sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and loading upon the asses; and also wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, and bringing into Jerusalem in the day of the Sabbath: and I shall testify in the day of their selling provision.

Nehemiah 13:20-21

And the merchants and those selling every selling will lodge from without to Jerusalem once and twice. And I shall testify against them, and say to them, Wherefore are ye lodging before the wall? if ye shall do it a second time I will stretch forth the hand against you From that time they came not upon the Sabbath.

The sabbath » No purchases to be made on

Nehemiah 10:31

And the people of the land bringing wares and all grain in the day of the Sabbath to sell, we will not take from them in the Sabbath and in the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the debt of every hand.

Nehemiah 13:15-17

In those days I saw in Judah those treading the wine-presses in the Sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and loading upon the asses; and also wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, and bringing into Jerusalem in the day of the Sabbath: and I shall testify in the day of their selling provision. And the Tyrians sat in it, bringing in fish and every selling, and selling in the Sabbath to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem. And I shall contend with the nobles of Judah, and say to them, What this evil word that ye are doing, and profaning the day of the Sabbath?

The sabbath » God » Commanded, to be kept

The sabbath » Servants and cattle should be allowed to rest upon

Exodus 20:10

And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates.

Deuteronomy 5:14

And the seventh day, the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy stranger who is in thy gates; so that thy servant and thy maid shall rest like thyself.

The sabbath » Denunciations against those who profane

Jeremiah 17:27

And if ye will not hear to me to consecrate the day of the Sabbath, not to lift up a burden, and coming into the gates of Jerusalem in the day of the Sabbath; and I kindled a fire in her gates and it consumed the palaces of Jerusalem and it shall not be quenched.

Nehemiah 13:18

Did not your fathers thus, and our God will bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? and ye are adding burning upon Israel to profane the Sabbath.

The sabbath » No burdens to be carried on

Nehemiah 13:19

And it will be as the gates of Jerusalem were darkened before the Sabbath, and saying, and the doors shall be shut, and saying that they shall not open them till after the Sabbath: and from my young men I caused to stand at the gates; a burden shall not be brought in in the day of the Sabbath.

Jeremiah 17:21

Thus said Jehovah: Watch ye in your souls, and ye shall not lift up a lifting up in the day of the Sabbath, and bring in by the gates of Jerusalem.

The sabbath » The wicked » May be judicially deprived of

Hosea 2:11

And I caused all her rejoicing to cease, her festival and her new moon, and her Sabbath and all her appointment

Lamentations 2:6

And he will tear away as a garden his dwelling: he destroyed his appointment: Jehovah caused to forget the appointment in Zion, and the Sabbath, and he will despise in the wrath of his anger the king and the priest.

The sabbath » The wicked » Profane

Nehemiah 13:17

And I shall contend with the nobles of Judah, and say to them, What this evil word that ye are doing, and profaning the day of the Sabbath?

Ezekiel 22:8

Thou didst despise my holy place, and thou didst profane my Sabbaths

The sabbath » No manner of work to be done on

Exodus 20:10

And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates.

The sabbath » Saints » Rejoice in

Isaiah 58:13

If thou shalt turn back thy foot from the Sabbath, doing thy delight in my holy day; and thou calledst to the Sabbath a delight for the holy of Jehovah, being honored; and thou honoredst him from doing thy ways, from finding thy delight, and speaking the word.

The sabbath » A sign of the covenant

Exodus 31:17

Between me and between the sons of Israel it is a sign forever: for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day he rested and he will be refreshed.

Exodus 31:13

Speak thou to the sons of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths shall ye watch: for it is a sign between me and between you for your generations, to know that I am Jehovah consecrating you.

The sabbath » God » Sanctified

Genesis 2:3

And God will praise the seventh day, and will consecrate it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God formed to make.

Exodus 31:15

Six days shall work be done, and the seventh day the Sabbath, a holy rest to Jehovah: all doing work in the day of the Sabbath, dying, shall die.

The sabbath » God » Blessed

Genesis 2:3

And God will praise the seventh day, and will consecrate it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God formed to make.

The sabbath » Divine worship to be celebrated on

Ezekiel 46:3

And the people of the land worshiped at the door of that gate in the Sabbaths and in the new moons, before Jehovah.

The sabbath » A type of the heavenly rest

Hebrews 4:4

For he said somewhere of the seventh thus, And God ceased in the seventh day from all his works.

The sabbath » Blessedness of keeping

Isaiah 56:6

And the sons of the stranger joining themselves to Jehovah to serve him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be to him for servants, every one watching the Sabbath from defiling it, and taking hold upon my covenant;

Isaiah 56:2

Happy the man that shall do this, and the son of man that shall lay hold upon it; watching the Sabbath from defiling it, and watching his hand from doing all evil.

The sabbath » The scriptures to be read on

Acts 13:27

For they dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, and the voices of the prophets which being read in every sabbath, having judged, they filled up.

Acts 15:21

For Moses of ancient generations has them proclaiming him in every city, being read in the synagogues in every sabbath.

The sabbath » The wicked » Sometimes pretend to be zealous for

Luke 13:14

And the ruler of the assembly having answered, feeling pain because Jesus cured on the sabbath, said to the crowd, Six days there are in which they ought to work; in those therefore, coming, be ye cured, and not the day of the sabbath.

The sabbath » Christ » Taught on

Luke 4:31

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

Luke 6:6

And it was also in another sabbath, he came into the assembly, and taught: and a man was there, and his right hand was withered.

The sabbath » The wicked » Dishonoring of--exemplified

Numbers 15:32

And the sons of Israel shall be in the desert, and they shall find a man gathering wood in the day of the Sabbath.

Jeremiah 17:21-23

Thus said Jehovah: Watch ye in your souls, and ye shall not lift up a lifting up in the day of the Sabbath, and bring in by the gates of Jerusalem. And ye shall not bring forth a burden from your houses in the day of the Sabbath, and all work ye shall not do, and consecrate the day of the Sabbath as I commanded your fathers. And they heard not, and they inclined not their ear, and they will harden their neck not to hear, and not to receive instruction.

Exodus 16:27

And it will be in the seventh day, and they will go forth from the people to gather, and they found not

The sabbath » The wicked » Mock at

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction and her wanderings, all her delights which were from the days of old in the falling of her people into the hand of the enemy, and none helping for her: the adversaries saw her; they laughed at her calamities.

The sabbath » The wicked » Honoring of--exemplified

Acts 13:14

And they having passed from Perga, approached Antioch of Pisidia, and having come into the synagogue on the day of the sabbaths, they sat down.

Numbers 15:32-34

And the sons of Israel shall be in the desert, and they shall find a man gathering wood in the day of the Sabbath. And they having found him, will bring him gathering wood to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the assembly. And they will put him in watch, for it was not specified what shall be done to him.

The sabbath » God » Will have his goodness commemorated in the observance of

Deuteronomy 5:15

And remember that thou wert a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out from there by a strong hand and by an extended arm: for this, Jehovah thy God commanded thee to do the day of the Sabbath.

The sabbath » Called » The lord's day

The sabbath » Punishment of those who profane

Exodus 31:14-15

And watch ye the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. He profaning it, dying, shall die; for all doing work in it, and that soul shall be cut off from the midst of his people. Six days shall work be done, and the seventh day the Sabbath, a holy rest to Jehovah: all doing work in the day of the Sabbath, dying, shall die.

The sabbath » Observance of, to be perpetual

Exodus 31:16-17

And the sons of Israel shall watch the Sabbath to do the Sabbath for their generation, a covenant forever. Between me and between the sons of Israel it is a sign forever: for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day he rested and he will be refreshed.

The sabbath » Blessedness of honoring

Isaiah 58:13-14

If thou shalt turn back thy foot from the Sabbath, doing thy delight in my holy day; and thou calledst to the Sabbath a delight for the holy of Jehovah, being honored; and thou honoredst him from doing thy ways, from finding thy delight, and speaking the word. Then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I caused thee to ride upon the heights of the earth, and I caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah spake.

The sabbath » The wicked » Bear burdens on

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days I saw in Judah those treading the wine-presses in the Sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and loading upon the asses; and also wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, and bringing into Jerusalem in the day of the Sabbath: and I shall testify in the day of their selling provision.

The sabbath » The wicked » Work on

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days I saw in Judah those treading the wine-presses in the Sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and loading upon the asses; and also wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, and bringing into Jerusalem in the day of the Sabbath: and I shall testify in the day of their selling provision.

The sabbath » Saints » Observe

Nehemiah 13:22

And saying to the Levites that they shall be purifying, and coming, watching the gates to consecrate the day of the Sabbath. Also this remember for me, O my God, and spare upon me according to the multitude of thy mercy.

The sabbath » The seventh day observed as

Exodus 20:9-11

Six days thou shalt work and do all thy service: And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates. For six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all which is in them, and he will rest in the seventh day: for this Jehovah praised the seventh day and consecrated it.

The sabbath » The wicked » Hide their eyes from

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests did violence to my law, and they will profane my holy place: between the holy to the profane they separated not, and they did not make known between the unclean to the clean, and from my Sabbath they hid their eyes, and I shall be profaned in the midst of them.

The sabbath » God » Shows favor in appointing

Nehemiah 9:14

and thou didst make known to them thy holy Sabbath, and commands, and ordinances, and law; thou didst charge to them by the hand of Moses thy servant:

The sabbath » Grounds of its institution

Genesis 2:2-3

And God will complete in the seventh day his work which he made, and he will rest in the seventh day from all his work which he made. And God will praise the seventh day, and will consecrate it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God formed to make.

The sabbath » The wicked » Do their own pleasure on

Isaiah 58:13

If thou shalt turn back thy foot from the Sabbath, doing thy delight in my holy day; and thou calledst to the Sabbath a delight for the holy of Jehovah, being honored; and thou honoredst him from doing thy ways, from finding thy delight, and speaking the word.

The sabbath » Called » The rest of the holy sabbath

Exodus 16:23

And he will say to them, This what Jehovah spake, To-morrow the Sabbath, a holy rest to Jehovah: what ye will cook, cook; and what ye will boil, boil; and all exceeding, leave for you for preservation till the morning.

The sabbath » Saints » Honor God in observing

Isaiah 58:13

If thou shalt turn back thy foot from the Sabbath, doing thy delight in my holy day; and thou calledst to the Sabbath a delight for the holy of Jehovah, being honored; and thou honoredst him from doing thy ways, from finding thy delight, and speaking the word.

The sabbath » Called » The sabbath of rest

Exodus 31:15

Six days shall work be done, and the seventh day the Sabbath, a holy rest to Jehovah: all doing work in the day of the Sabbath, dying, shall die.

The sabbath » Called » God's holy day

Isaiah 58:13

If thou shalt turn back thy foot from the Sabbath, doing thy delight in my holy day; and thou calledst to the Sabbath a delight for the holy of Jehovah, being honored; and thou honoredst him from doing thy ways, from finding thy delight, and speaking the word.

The sabbath » God » Shows considerate kindness in appointing

Exodus 23:12

Six days thou shalt do thy works, and in the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox shall rest, and thine ass, and the son of thy maid shall be refreshed, and the stranger.

The sabbath » God » Hallowed

The sabbath » God » Commanded to be sanctified

The sabbath » Instituted by God

Genesis 2:3

And God will praise the seventh day, and will consecrate it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God formed to make.

The sabbath » Christ » Was accustomed to observe

Luke 4:16

And he came to Nazareth where he was brought up, and he went in, as was the custom to him in the day of the sabbaths, into the assembly, and stood up to read.

The sabbath » Christ » Is lord of

Mark 2:28

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

The sabbath » Made for man

The sabbath » The wicked » Wearied by

Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the month pass through, and we will sell grain? and the Sabbath, and we will open wheat to diminish the ephah, and to enlarge the shekel, and to make crooked the balance of deceit?

Topics on The Sabbath

Keeping The Sabbath

Exodus 31:16

And the sons of Israel shall watch the Sabbath to do the Sabbath for their generation, a covenant forever.

On The Sabbath

Leviticus 24:8

In the day of the Sabbath, in the day of the Sabbath he shall arrange it before Jehovah always, from the sons of Israel, a covenant forever.

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