Scripture passages about the Sabbath, the day of rest, and the first day of the week.
13 Scripture passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
Genesis 2:2–3
2 And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had made, and He ceased on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He ceased from all His work that God had created.
Exodus 20:8–11
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy; 9 six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God: you shall not do any work on it, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your [ox, nor your donkey, nor any of] your livestock, nor the sojourner who is within your dwellings; 11 for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
Deuteronomy 5:12–15
12 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you; 13 six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work—neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do; 15 remember that you were slaves in Egypt, but the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
Isaiah 58:13–14
13 If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, and if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable; if you honor it by not going your own way or doing as you please or speaking evil words, 14 then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob. The mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Mark 2:27–28
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath; 28 so the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:1–8
1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” 3 He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:9–12
9 Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. 10 And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, so that they might accuse Him: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? 11 But He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value, then, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Luke 4:16
And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as was His custom, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.
Acts 20:7
Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, intending to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.
1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of the week, let each of you set something aside and save as much as he may prosper, so that there will be no collections when I come.
Colossians 2:16–17
16 Therefore, let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths; 17 these are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Hebrews 4:9–11
9 Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 10 For whoever enters His rest also rests from his own works, just as God did from His. 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same example of disobedience.
Romans 14:5
One person considers one day more sacred than another, while another regards every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. Let each act according to the conviction of his own mind.
