Bible Verses About Vacation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for vacation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,314 votes, led by Mark 6:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Vacation
Mark 6:31204 votes
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Mark 2:27162 votes
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Genesis 2:2-3147 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.
Luke 5:16140 votes
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Exodus 20:8-11134 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Leviticus 23:3130 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.
Matthew 11:28-30128 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Psalms 23:1-3118 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Mark 6:30-32111 votes
And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
Psalms 127:281 votes
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Isaiah 30:1572 votes
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Matthew 14:1369 votes
When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Hebrews 4:9-1169 votes
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:1365 votes
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Hebrews 4:9-1064 votes
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Psalms 55:6-860 votes
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Exodus 33:1458 votes
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Exodus 34:2149 votes
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Psalms 132:3-527 votes
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
Proverbs 16:922 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Matthew 14:2322 votes
And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Mark 1:3522 votes
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Isaiah 58:13-1420 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 8:2218 votes
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Exodus 23:1218 votes
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
What does the Bible say about vacation?
Readers most often cite Mark 6:31 on the subject of vacation. Across 2,314 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 2:27, Genesis 2:2-3, Luke 5:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.