Bible Verses About The Sabbath
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the sabbath, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,474 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 The Sabbath
Exodus 20:8-1153 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Mark 2:2746 votes
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Exodus 20:1044 votes
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Luke 4:1642 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 23:341 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.
Acts 17:240 votes
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Exodus 20:1136 votes
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Luke 23:5634 votes
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Genesis 2:333 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.
Mark 2:2832 votes
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Colossians 2:16-1731 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:
Matthew 5:17-1930 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Romans 14:528 votes
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Exodus 20:827 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Hebrews 4:927 votes
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Isaiah 58:1326 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:
Isaiah 58:13-1425 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:
Matthew 24:2025 votes
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Acts 16:1325 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.
Acts 20:724 votes
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Leviticus 23:3223 votes
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Acts 18:422 votes
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Exodus 20:8-1021 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Revelation 1:1021 votes
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Exodus 31:1420 votes
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
What does the Bible say about the sabbath?
Readers most often cite Exodus 20:8-11 on the subject of the sabbath. Across 1,474 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 2:27, Exodus 20:10, Luke 4:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.