Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sabbath' occurs 144 times in the standard works.

86 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sabbath' in the standard works and contain 59.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Neh. 13:15-22 (10 in 8 verses)

Jer. 17:21-27 (7 in 7 verses)

Ex. 31:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

Luke 13:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Mark 2:27-3:2 (4 in 4 verses)

John 7:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 25:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:39 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 10:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 58:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:5 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


Deut. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:14 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.

 5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.




Matt. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 76 35 111
Ex. 14 1 15
Lev. 16 11 27
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 4 4 8
Neh. 13 1 14
Isa. 5 2 7
Jer. 7 0 7
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 3 12 15
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 1 0 1
NT 60 0 60
BM 5 0 5
DC 2 0 2
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 144 35 179

Deut. 5:12
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

Deut. 5:14
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.

Deut. 5:15
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.