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)

 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.




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

Gen. 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Gen. 8:21
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Gen. 12:13
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Gen. 12:16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Gen. 18:26
And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Gen. 18:29
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

Gen. 18:31
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Gen. 18:32
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

Gen. 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Gen. 26:24
And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

Gen. 30:27
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

Gen. 39:5
And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.