Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'off' occurs 709 times in the standard works.

183 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'off' in the standard works and contain 25.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 71 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 9:11-14 (5 in 4 verses)

Micah 5:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 21:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)


Micah 3:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

 3:2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.




Zeph. 1:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:37-39 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 6:5 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 11:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 8:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 38:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Nahum 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 31:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 15:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 94:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 14:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 27:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 47:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 447 1458 1905
Gen. 21 25 46
Ex. 21 92 113
Lev. 35 389 424
Num. 12 357 369
Deut. 15 31 46
Josh. 14 19 33
Judg. 10 22 32
Ruth 4 0 4
1 Sam. 21 42 63
2 Sam. 10 15 25
1 Kgs. 10 37 47
2 Kgs. 9 29 38
1 Chr. 4 47 51
2 Chr. 7 81 88
Ezra 2 35 37
Neh. 5 15 20
Esth. 1 3 4
Job 19 9 28
Ps. 42 25 67
Prov. 7 2 9
Eccl. 1 1 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 42 24 66
Jer. 30 28 58
Lam. 6 1 7
Ezek. 29 85 114
Dan. 5 2 7
Hosea 7 7 14
Joel 5 6 11
Amos 7 8 15
Obad. 4 0 4
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 12 1 13
Nahum 5 0 5
Hab. 2 2 4
Zeph. 7 1 8
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 14 0 14
Mal. 1 15 16
NT 60 145 205
BM 156 53 209
DC 35 136 171
PGP 11 29 40
TOTAL 709 1821 2530

Micah 2:8
Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

Micah 3:2
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:3
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Micah 4:3
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Micah 4:7
And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.

Micah 5:9
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

Micah 5:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

Micah 5:11
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

Micah 5:12
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

Micah 5:13
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

Micah 6:6
Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?