Bible Verses About Celebrating Holidays
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for celebrating holidays, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,092 votes, led by Colossians 2:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Celebrating Holidays
Colossians 2:16181 votes
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:
Romans 14:5-6180 votes
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Romans 14:1-23153 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Isaiah 1:14-1594 votes
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Jeremiah 10:1-482 votes
Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Esther 9:20-2273 votes
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
Deuteronomy 12:29-3262 votes
When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
Matthew 15:361 votes
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
Colossians 2:858 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Galatians 4:1045 votes
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Galatians 4:10-1145 votes
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Colossians 2:16-1738 votes
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:
Luke 16:1533 votes
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Jeremiah 10:2-531 votes
Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Galatians 4:8-1127 votes
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Deuteronomy 16:1625 votes
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:
Nehemiah 8:9-1025 votes
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Romans 14:525 votes
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Exodus 20:8-1124 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
John 3:1623 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 12:1-323 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Jeremiah 10:1-522 votes
Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Mark 7:6-922 votes
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
John 8:3222 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 14:622 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
What does the Bible say about celebrating holidays?
Readers most often cite Colossians 2:16 on the subject of celebrating holidays. Across 2,092 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 14:5-6, Romans 14:1-23, Isaiah 1:14-15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.