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30 Bible Verses For Friday

  1. Genesis 2:1-3 (NIV)

    “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day, he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”

  2. Exodus 20:8-11 (NIV)

    “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 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 or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”

  3. Matthew 27:62 (NIV)

    “The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.”

  4. Mark 15:42 (NIV)

    “It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached…”

  5. John 19:31 (NIV)

    “Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.”

  6. 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 (NIV)

    “Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.”

  7. Acts 20:7 (NIV)

    “On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.”

  8. Hebrews 4:9 (NIV)

    “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God.”

  9. Exodus 31:15 (NIV)

    “For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.”

  10. Leviticus 23:3 (NIV)

    “‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.”

  11. Exodus 35:2 (NIV)

    “For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.”

  12. Matthew 28:1 (NIV)

    “After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.”

  13. Mark 16:2 (NIV)

    “Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb.”

  14. Luke 24:1 (NIV)

    “On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.”

  15. John 20:1 (NIV)

    “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.”

  16. Acts 13:14 (NIV)

    “From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath, they entered the synagogue and sat down.”

  17. Acts 17:2 (NIV)

    “As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures.”

  18. Acts 18:4 (NIV)

    “Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.”

  19. Acts 20:6-7 (NIV)

    “But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days. On the first day of the week, we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.”

  20. Acts 20:16 (NIV)

    “Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.”

  21. Acts 20:18 (NIV)

    “When they arrived, he said to them: ‘You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia.’”

  22. Acts 27:9 (NIV)

    “Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them…”

  23. Acts 28:7 (NIV)

    “There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous hospitality for three days.”

  24. Acts 28:11 (NIV)

    “After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux.”

  25. Luke 24:50 (NIV)

    “When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them.”

  26. John 20:19 (NIV)

    “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’”

  27. John 20:26 (NIV)

    “A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’”

  28. Acts 2:1 (NIV)

    “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.”

  29. Acts 13:27 (NIV)

    “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.”

  30. Colossians 2:16 (NIV)

    “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.”