The Sabbath
68 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
63 sections
- A Sign of the Covenant
- A Type of the Heavenly Rest
- Blessedness of Honoring
- Blessedness of Keeping
- Called: God's Holy Day
- Called: The Lord's Day
- Called: The Rest of the Holy Sabbath
- Called: The Sabbath of Rest
- Called: The Sabbath of the Lord
- Christ is Lord of
- Christ was Accustomed to Observe
- Christ: Taught On
- Denunciations Against Those Who Profane
- Dishonouring of: Gatherers of Manna
- Dishonouring of: Gatherers of Sticks
- Dishonouring of: Inhabitants of Jerusalem
- Dishonouring of: Men of Tyre
- Divine Worship to be Celebrated On
- First Day of the Week Kept As, by the Church
- God: Blessed
- God: Commanded to be Sanctified
- God: Commanded, to be Kept
- God: Hallowed
- God: Sanctified
- God: Shows Considerate Kindness in Appointing
- God: Shows Favour in Appointing
- God: Will Have his Goodness Commemorated in the Observance of
- Grounds of Its Institution
- Honoring of Disciples
- Honoring of John
- Honoring of Moses
- Honoring of Nehemiah
- Honoring of Paul
- Honoring of The Women
- Instituted by God
- Made for Man
- Necessary Wants May be Supplied
- No Burdens to be Carried On
- No Manner of Work to be Done On
- No Purchases to be Made On
- Observance of, to be Perpetual
- Punishment of Those Who Profane
- Saints: Honor God in Observing
- Saints: Observe
- Saints: Rejoice In
- Saints: Testify Against Those Who Desecrate
- Servants and Cattle should be Allowed to Rest Upon
- The Scriptures to be Read On
- The Seventh Day Observed As
- The Wicked: Bear Burdens On
- The Wicked: do Their own Pleasure On
- The Wicked: Hide Their Eyes From
- The Wicked: May be Judicially Deprived of
- The Wicked: Mock At
- The Wicked: Pollute
- The Wicked: Profane
- The Wicked: Sometimes Pretend to Zealous For
- The Wicked: Traffic On
- The Wicked: Wearied By
- The Wicked: Work On
- The Word of God to be Preached On
- Works Connected with Religious Service Lawful On
- Works of Mercy Lawful On
A Sign of the Covenant
- Exodus 31:13 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
- Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
A Type of the Heavenly Rest
- Hebrews 4:4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
- Hebrews 4:9 There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Blessedness of Honoring
- Isaiah 58:13–14 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, 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 seeking your own …
Blessedness of Keeping
- Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
- Isaiah 56:6 And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants — all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
Called: God's Holy Day
- Isaiah 58:13 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, 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 seeking your own …
Called: The Lord's Day
- Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Called: The Rest of the Holy Sabbath
- Exodus 16:23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it …
Called: The Sabbath of Rest
- Exodus 31:15 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
Called: The Sabbath of the Lord
- Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work— neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
- Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work— neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the …
Christ is Lord of
- Mark 2:28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Christ was Accustomed to Observe
- Luke 4:16 Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
Christ: Taught On
Denunciations Against Those Who Profane
- Nehemiah 13:18 Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
- Jeremiah 17:27 But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
Dishonouring of: Gatherers of Manna
- Exodus 16:27 Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.
Dishonouring of: Gatherers of Sticks
- Numbers 15:32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
Dishonouring of: Inhabitants of Jerusalem
- Jeremiah 17:21–23 This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. …
Dishonouring of: Men of Tyre
- Nehemiah 13:16 Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
Divine Worship to be Celebrated On
- Ezekiel 46:3 On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
- Acts 16:13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
First Day of the Week Kept As, by the Church
- John 20:26 Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
- Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
God: Blessed
- Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
God: Commanded to be Sanctified
- Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
God: Commanded, to be Kept
- Leviticus 19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:30 You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
God: Hallowed
- Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
God: Sanctified
- Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- Exodus 31:15 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
God: Shows Considerate Kindness in Appointing
- Exodus 23:12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
God: Shows Favour in Appointing
- Nehemiah 9:14 You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
God: Will Have his Goodness Commemorated in the Observance of
- Deuteronomy 5:15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
Grounds of Its Institution
- Genesis 2:2–3 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. …
- Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Honoring of Disciples
- Acts 16:13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
Honoring of John
- Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Honoring of Moses
- Numbers 15:32–34 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. …
Honoring of Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 13:15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. …
- Nehemiah 13:21 but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
Honoring of Paul
- Acts 13:14 And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
Honoring of The Women
- Luke 23:56 Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
Instituted by God
- Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
Made for Man
- Mark 2:27 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Necessary Wants May be Supplied
- Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
- Luke 13:15 “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
- Luke 14:1 One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
No Burdens to be Carried On
- Nehemiah 13:19 When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could …
- Jeremiah 17:21 This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
No Manner of Work to be Done On
- Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work— neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
- Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
No Purchases to be Made On
- Nehemiah 10:31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.
- Nehemiah 13:15–17 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. …
Observance of, to be Perpetual
- Exodus 31:16–17 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come. …
- Matthew 5:17–18 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. …
Punishment of Those Who Profane
- Exodus 31:14–15 Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people. …
- Numbers 15:32–36 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. …
Saints: Honor God in Observing
- Isaiah 58:13 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, 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 seeking your own …
Saints: Observe
- Nehemiah 13:22 Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
Saints: Rejoice In
- Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- Isaiah 58:13 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, 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 seeking your own …
Saints: Testify Against Those Who Desecrate
- Nehemiah 13:15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. …
- Nehemiah 13:20–21 Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, …
Servants and Cattle should be Allowed to Rest Upon
- Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work— neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
- Deuteronomy 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work— neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the …
The Scriptures to be Read On
- Acts 13:27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
- Acts 15:21 For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
The Seventh Day Observed As
- Exodus 20:9–11 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, …
The Wicked: Bear Burdens On
- Nehemiah 13:15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. …
The Wicked: do Their own Pleasure On
- Isaiah 58:13 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, 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 seeking your own …
The Wicked: Hide Their Eyes From
- Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am …
The Wicked: May be Judicially Deprived of
- Lamentations 2:6 He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.
- Hosea 2:11 I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.
The Wicked: Mock At
- Lamentations 1:7 In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
The Wicked: Pollute
- Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
- Ezekiel 20:13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances— though the man who does these things will live by them — and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then …
- Ezekiel 20:16 because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
The Wicked: Profane
- Nehemiah 13:17 Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing— profaning the Sabbath day?
- Ezekiel 22:8 You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
The Wicked: Sometimes Pretend to Zealous For
- Luke 13:14 But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
- John 9:16 Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
The Wicked: Traffic On
- Nehemiah 10:31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.
- Nehemiah 13:15–16 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. …
The Wicked: Wearied By
- Amos 8:5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
The Wicked: Work On
- Nehemiah 13:15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. …
The Word of God to be Preached On
- Acts 13:14–15 And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down. …
- Acts 13:44 On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
- Acts 17:2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- Acts 18:4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
Works Connected with Religious Service Lawful On
- Numbers 28:9 On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.
- Matthew 12:5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
- John 7:23 If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
Works of Mercy Lawful On
- Matthew 12:12 How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
- Matthew 13:16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
- John 9:14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.