Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sacrifice' occurs 251 times in the standard works.

82 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sacrifice' in the standard works and contain 32.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 34:10-15 (9 in 6 verses)

Lev. 7:11-18 (8 in 8 verses)

Ex. 8:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 16:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 39:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 10:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 23:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 7:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 194 102 296
NT 24 17 41
BM 15 5 20
DC 14 3 17
PGP 4 1 5
TOTAL 251 128 379

D&C 59:8
Thou shalt offer a sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in righteousness, even that of a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

D&C 64:23
Behold, now it is called today until the coming of the Son of Man, and verily it is a day of sacrifice, and a day for the tithing of my people; for he that is tithed shall not be burned at his coming.

D&C 84:31
Therefore, as I said concerning the sons of Moses-- for the sons of Moses and also the sons of Aaron shall offer an acceptable offering and sacrifice in the house of the Lord, which house shall be built unto the Lord in this generation, upon the consecrated spot as I have appointed--

D&C 97:8
Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are honest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are willing to observe their covenants by sacrifice-- yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command-- they are accepted of me.

D&C 97:12
Behold, this is the tithing and the sacrifice which I, the Lord, require at their hands, that there may be a house built unto me for the salvation of Zion--

D&C 117:13
Therefore, let him contend earnestly for the redemption of the First Presidency of my Church, saith the Lord; and when he falls he shall rise again, for his sacrifice shall be more sacred unto me than his increase, saith the Lord.

D&C 124:39
Therefore, verily I say unto you, that your anointings, and your washings, and your baptisms for the dead, and your solemn assemblies, and your memorials for your sacrifices by the sons of Levi, and for your oracles in your most holy places wherein you receive conversations, and your statutes and judgments, for the beginning of the revelations and foundation of Zion, and for the glory, honor, and endowment of all her municipals, are ordained by the ordinance of my holy house, which my people are always commanded to build unto my holy name.

D&C 132:50
Behold, I have seen your sacrifices, and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your sacrifices in obedience to that which I have told you. Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I accepted the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac.

D&C 132:51
Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for I did it, saith the Lord, to prove you all, as I did Abraham, and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice.

D&C 132:60
Let no one, therefore, set on my servant Joseph; for I will justify him; for he shall do the sacrifice which I require at his hands for his transgressions, saith the Lord your God.

D&C 138:2
And reflecting upon the great atoning sacrifice that was made by the Son of God, for the redemption of the world;

D&C 138:13
And who had offered sacrifice in the similitude of the great sacrifice of the Son of God, and had suffered tribulation in their Redeemer's name.

D&C 138:35
And so it was made known among the dead, both small and great, the unrighteous as well as the faithful, that redemption had been wrought through the sacrifice of the Son of God upon the cross.

D&C 138:57
I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption, through the sacrifice of the Only Begotten Son of God, among those who are in darkness and under the bondage of sin in the great world of the spirits of the dead.