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
NT 60 0 60
Matt. 10 0 10
Mark 11 0 11
Luke 18 0 18
John 11 0 11
Acts 9 0 9
Col. 1 0 1
BM 5 0 5
DC 2 0 2
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 144 35 179

John 5:9
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

John 5:10
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

John 5:16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

John 7:22
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

John 7:23
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

John 9:14
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

John 9:16
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

John 19:31
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.