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
Gen. 11 1 12
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 0 12 12
Josh. 0 3 3
Judg. 0 5 5
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 2 3 5
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 8 6 14
2 Kgs. 5 2 7
1 Chr. 1 3 4
2 Chr. 1 13 14
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 1 3 4
Job 1 4 5
Ps. 18 20 38
Prov. 0 11 11
Isa. 14 19 33
Jer. 3 24 27
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 5 6 11
Dan. 2 2 4
Amos 0 1 1
Jonah 1 1 2
Micah 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 60 24 84
BM 23 21 44
DC 13 17 30
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 189 209 398

2 Chr. 6:32
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;