Bible Verses About Sabbath
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sabbath, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 17,322 votes, led by Exodus 20:8-11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sabbath
Exodus 20:8-11696 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Mark 2:27424 votes
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Isaiah 58:13-14377 votes
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Genesis 2:3369 votes
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Colossians 2:16-17352 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 4:16348 votes
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Leviticus 23:3344 votes
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.
Exodus 31:13-17342 votes
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
Isaiah 58:13271 votes
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Hebrews 4:9269 votes
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Exodus 31:13266 votes
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
Genesis 2:2-3262 votes
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Deuteronomy 5:12-15260 votes
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
Luke 23:56254 votes
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Luke 13:10-17252 votes
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Acts 17:2245 votes
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Acts 16:13225 votes
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Mark 2:27-28222 votes
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mark 2:28222 votes
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Romans 14:5215 votes
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Hebrews 4:9-10214 votes
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Matthew 24:20211 votes
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Ezekiel 20:12206 votes
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
Acts 13:14201 votes
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
Genesis 2:2194 votes
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
What does the Bible say about sabbath?
Readers most often cite Exodus 20:8-11 on the subject of sabbath. Across 17,322 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 2:27, Isaiah 58:13-14, Genesis 2:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.