Sabbath Observance (Bible Verses)

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Deuteronomy 5:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
Deuteronomy 5:12 (KJV) ยป
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

Isaiah 58:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
Isaiah 58:13 (KJV) ยป
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:

Colossians 2:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
Colossians 2:16 (KJV) ยป
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:

Mark 3:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
Mark 3:1 (KJV) ยป
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

Matthew 12:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
Matthew 12:1 (KJV) ยป
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.

Exodus 20:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 20:8 (KJV) ยป
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Luke 6:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

Isaiah 66:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
Isaiah 66:23 (KJV) ยป
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

Luke 14:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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?

Exodus 31:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 31:13 (KJV) ยป
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.

Matthew 12:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
Matthew 12:5 (KJV) ยป
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Ezekiel 46:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
Ezekiel 46:9 (KJV) ยป
But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

Jeremiah 17:27 KJV Bible Verse Image
Jeremiah 17:27 (KJV) ยป
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Acts 16:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
Acts 16:13 (KJV) ยป
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.

Leviticus 19:30 KJV Bible Verse Image
Leviticus 19:30 (KJV) ยป
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Nehemiah 13:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
Nehemiah 13:15 (KJV) ยป
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

Mark 3:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Mark 2:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

Exodus 20:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 20:9 (KJV) ยป
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:

Mark 3:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
Mark 3:2 (KJV) ยป
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

Luke 13:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

Exodus 35:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 35:1 (KJV) ยป
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

Nehemiah 13:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
Nehemiah 13:22 (KJV) ยป
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Ezekiel 46:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
Ezekiel 46:1 (KJV) ยป
Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Luke 14:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

Exodus 35:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 35:3 (KJV) ยป
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

2 Chronicles 14:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
2 Chronicles 14:6 (KJV) ยป
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

Luke 6:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

Ezekiel 46:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
Ezekiel 46:8 (KJV) ยป
And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

Matthew 12:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
Matthew 12:2 (KJV) ยป
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

Ezekiel 20:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
Ezekiel 20:12 (KJV) ยป
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.

Leviticus 23:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
Leviticus 23:4 (KJV) ยป
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

Jeremiah 17:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
Jeremiah 17:22 (KJV) ยป
Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

Matthew 12:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

Luke 6:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

Nehemiah 13:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
Nehemiah 13:17 (KJV) ยป
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Exodus 34:21 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 34:21 (KJV) ยป
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Deuteronomy 15:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
Deuteronomy 15:23 (KJV) ยป
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Exodus 23:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 23:12 (KJV) ยป
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.

Numbers 28:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
Numbers 28:18 (KJV) ยป
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:

Jeremiah 17:21 KJV Bible Verse Image
Jeremiah 17:21 (KJV) ยป
Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

Exodus 31:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 31:14 (KJV) ยป
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.

Nehemiah 13:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
Nehemiah 13:18 (KJV) ยป
Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

Matthew 12:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
Matthew 12:13 (KJV) ยป
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

Numbers 15:32 KJV Bible Verse Image
Numbers 15:32 (KJV) ยป
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 16:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
Deuteronomy 16:15 (KJV) ยป
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

Luke 14:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
Luke 14:3 (KJV) ยป
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

Deuteronomy 5:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
Deuteronomy 5:13 (KJV) ยป
Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work:

John 7:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
John 7:23 (KJV) ยป
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

Leviticus 23:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
Leviticus 23:7 (KJV) ยป
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Luke 6:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
Luke 6:7 (KJV) ยป
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

John 5:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
John 5:13 (KJV) ยป
And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

Isaiah 56:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
Isaiah 56:4 (KJV) ยป
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

Mark 2:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
Mark 2:24 (KJV) ยป
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Luke 6:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
Luke 6:4 (KJV) ยป
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

Luke 14:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
Luke 14:6 (KJV) ยป
And they could not answer him again to these things.

Leviticus 23:25 KJV Bible Verse Image
Leviticus 23:25 (KJV) ยป
Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

John 5:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
John 5:16 (KJV) ยป
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

Numbers 29:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
Numbers 29:12 (KJV) ยป
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

John 5:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
John 5:12 (KJV) ยป
Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

Exodus 31:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 31:16 (KJV) ยป
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Numbers 15:33 KJV Bible Verse Image
Numbers 15:33 (KJV) ยป
And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

Leviticus 25:32 KJV Bible Verse Image
Leviticus 25:32 (KJV) ยป
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

Nehemiah 13:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
Nehemiah 13:16 (KJV) ยป
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

Leviticus 23:31 KJV Bible Verse Image
Leviticus 23:31 (KJV) ยป
Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Numbers 29:27 KJV Bible Verse Image
Numbers 29:27 (KJV) ยป
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

Luke 14:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
Luke 14:2 (KJV) ยป
And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

Exodus 31:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
Exodus 31:12 (KJV) ยป
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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