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)

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

2 Chr. 2:4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

2 Chr. 8:13
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

2 Chr. 31:3
He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord.

2 Chr. 36:21
To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.