Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'offend' occurs 35 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'offend' in the standard works and contain 42.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 42:90-92 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

James 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 7 10 17
Gen. 0 2 2
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 2 1 3
Ezek. 0 1 1
Hosea 1 1 2
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 18 18 36
BM 3 3 6
DC 6 4 10
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 35 37 72

Gen. 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

Gen. 40:1
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

1 Kgs. 1:21
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

2 Kgs. 18:14
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Chr. 28:13
And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

Prov. 18:19
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Isa. 29:21
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Jer. 37:18
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

Ezek. 25:12
Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.