Bible Verses About Saturday Sabbath

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.

Direct command text about keeping the Sabbath holy

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.

Direct Sabbath law text

See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

Direct Sabbath provision text

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:

Direct seventh-day command

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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Direct seventh-day command

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.

Creation basis for Sabbath

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Too generic and duplicate of stronger command texts

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

Observe the Sabbath command

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.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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.

General Sabbath-rest text in a feast setting, not central to Saturday Sabbath discussion

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Generic Sabbaths plural, weak match

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Generic Sabbaths plural, weak match

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:

Sabbath delight and holy-day language used in interpretation

And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

Feast calendar text, not a direct Sabbath command

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

Historical Sabbath practice and commerce restriction

Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Sabbath covenant text

Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Sabbath holiness and penalty text

But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Feast holy convocation, not Saturday Sabbath

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

Feast sabbath-rest command

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.

Sabbath-to-Sabbath worship wording

On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Feast holy convocation, not Saturday Sabbath

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Synagogue Sabbath visit, but not about Sabbath doctrine specifically

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Gospel note of resting on Sabbath according to commandment

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.

Sunday gathering, not Saturday Sabbath

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

Rest remains for God's people, often used in spiritual Sabbath reading

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Preparation day leading into Sabbath

So the people rested on the seventh day.

People kept Sabbath on seventh day