Bible Verses for Sabbath Delight
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Biblical guidance and verses about sabbath delight.
Key verse snapshot
“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:”
Bible Verses about Sabbath Delight
6 Scripture passages on this theme
Isaiah 58:13
“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:”
Nehemiah 13:19
“And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.”
Psalms 1:2
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
Psalms 37:4
“Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
Psalms 94:19
“In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.”
2 Chronicles 23:8
“So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.”
Apply These Verses to Your Life
Scripture comes alive when we meditate on it and apply it daily. Read these verses in full context, pray for understanding, and ask God how they speak to your situation with sabbath delight.