Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'blood' occurs 657 times in the standard works.

320 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'blood' in the standard works and contain 48.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 124 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 17:4-14 (13 in 11 verses)

D&C 135:3-7 (10 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:14-19 (8 in 6 verses)

Alma 24:12-18 (7 in 7 verses)

Heb. 9:18-22 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 35:5-6 (5 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:5-7 (5 in 3 verses)


Num. 35:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

 35:24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

 35:25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

 35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

 35:27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:




Moses 6:59-62 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 7:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 9:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 24:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 4:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 29:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Heb. 9:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 9:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 19:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 16:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

John 6:53-56 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 16:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 63:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 35:33 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:38 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:50-51 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 16:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 39:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:54-44:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 14:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 33:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 346 17 363
Gen. 11 0 11
Ex. 27 2 29
Lev. 88 0 88
Num. 15 0 15
Deut. 22 0 22
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 8 0 8
2 Sam. 9 3 12
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 13 0 13
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 9 0 9
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 15 6 21
Prov. 7 1 8
Isa. 16 0 16
Jer. 10 0 10
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 52 4 56
Hosea 5 0 5
Joel 4 0 4
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 101 1 102
BM 151 27 178
DC 47 3 50
PGP 12 2 14
TOTAL 657 50 707

Num. 18:17
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Num. 19:4
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

Num. 19:5
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

Num. 23:24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Num. 35:19
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

Num. 35:21
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

Num. 35:24
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

Num. 35:25
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

Num. 35:27
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

Num. 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.