Bible Verses About Working on Sunday
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for working on sunday, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,145 votes, led by Exodus 35:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Working on Sunday
Exodus 35:2204 votes
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Exodus 20:8-11119 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Numbers 15:32-4170 votes
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
John 5:1753 votes
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Colossians 2:16-1739 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:
Acts 20:735 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.
Mark 2:2725 votes
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Exodus 20:1122 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.
1 Corinthians 16:222 votes
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Genesis 2:320 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.
Matthew 28:120 votes
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Proverbs 12:1118 votes
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Romans 14:5-618 votes
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Genesis 2:1-2516 votes
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Proverbs 14:2316 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Luke 24:116 votes
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
John 20:116 votes
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
Exodus 20:8-1015 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Psalms 90:1715 votes
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Mark 16:215 votes
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Mark 16:915 votes
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
Luke 14:515 votes
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
Colossians 3:2315 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Exodus 20:914 votes
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exodus 31:1414 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 working on sunday?
Readers most often cite Exodus 35:2 on the subject of working on sunday. Across 1,145 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 20:8-11, Numbers 15:32-41, John 5:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.