Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sake' occurs 189 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sake' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 10:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 69:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 48:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 20:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:34 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 143:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 37:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 62:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 85 147 232
NT 60 24 84
Matt. 12 3 15
Mark 8 2 10
Luke 5 1 6
John 5 3 8
Acts 2 1 3
Rom. 4 2 6
1 Cor. 6 3 9
2 Cor. 3 4 7
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 2 0 2
1 Thes. 2 1 3
1 Tim. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 0 2 2
Titus 1 0 1
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 0 1 1
1 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 0 1 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
2 Jn. 1 0 1
3 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 23 21 44
DC 13 17 30
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 189 209 398

1 Pet. 2:13
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

1 Pet. 3:14
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;