Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'blood' occurs 657 times in the standard works.

320 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'blood' in the standard works and contain 48.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 124 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 17:4-14 (13 in 11 verses)

D&C 135:3-7 (10 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:14-19 (8 in 6 verses)

Alma 24:12-18 (7 in 7 verses)

Heb. 9:18-22 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 35:5-6 (5 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:5-7 (5 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

Moses 6:59-62 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 7:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 9:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 24:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 4:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 29:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Heb. 9:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 9:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 19:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 16:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

John 6:53-56 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 16:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 63:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 35:33 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:38 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:50-51 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 16:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 39:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:54-44:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 14:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 33:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 346 17 363
NT 101 1 102
BM 151 27 178
DC 47 3 50
PGP 12 2 14
TOTAL 657 50 707

D&C 20:40
And to administer bread and wine-- the emblems of the flesh and blood of Christ--

D&C 20:79
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy Son, which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.

D&C 27:2
For, behold, I say unto you, that it mattereth not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink when ye partake of the sacrament, if it so be that ye do it with an eye single to my glory-- remembering unto the Father my body which was laid down for you, and my blood which was shed for the remission of your sins.

D&C 29:14
But, behold, I say unto you that before this great day shall come the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall be turned into blood, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and there shall be greater signs in heaven above and in the earth beneath;

D&C 29:17
And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world, that I will take vengeance upon the wicked, for they will not repent; for the cup of mine indignation is full; for behold, my blood shall not cleanse them if they hear me not.

D&C 34:9
But before that great day shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood; and the stars shall refuse their shining, and some shall fall, and great destructions await the wicked.

D&C 38:4
I am the same which have taken the Zion of Enoch into mine own bosom; and verily, I say, even as many as have believed in my name, for I am Christ, and in mine own name, by the virtue of the blood which I have spilt, have I pleaded before the Father for them.

D&C 45:4
Saying: Father, behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be glorified;

D&C 45:41
And they shall behold blood, and fire, and vapors of smoke.

D&C 45:42
And before the day of the Lord shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood, and the stars fall from heaven.

D&C 49:21
And wo be unto man that sheddeth blood or that wasteth flesh and hath no need.

D&C 58:53
Behold, here is wisdom. Let them do this lest they receive none inheritance, save it be by the shedding of blood.

D&C 63:28
For Satan putteth it into their hearts to anger against you, and to the shedding of blood.

D&C 63:29
Wherefore, the land of Zion shall not be obtained but by purchase or by blood, otherwise there is none inheritance for you.

D&C 63:31
And if by blood, as you are forbidden to shed blood, lo, your enemies are upon you, and ye shall be scourged from city to city, and from synagogue to synagogue, and but few shall stand to receive an inheritance.

D&C 64:36
For, verily I say that the rebellious are not of the blood of Ephraim, wherefore they shall be plucked out.

D&C 76:69
These are they who are just men made perfect through Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the shedding of his own blood.

D&C 87:7
That the cry of the saints, and of the blood of the saints, shall cease to come up into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, from the earth, to be avenged of their enemies.

D&C 88:75
That I may testify unto your Father, and your God, and my God, that you are clean from the blood of this wicked generation; that I may fulfil this promise, this great and last promise, which I have made unto you, when I will.

D&C 88:85
That their souls may escape the wrath of God, the desolation of abomination which awaits the wicked, both in this world and in the world to come. Verily, I say unto you, let those who are not the first elders continue in the vineyard until the mouth of the Lord shall call them, for their time is not yet come; their garments are not clean from the blood of this generation.

D&C 88:87
For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig tree.

D&C 88:94
And another angel shall sound his trump, saying: That great church, the mother of abominations, that made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, that persecuteth the saints of God, that shed their blood-- she who sitteth upon many waters, and upon the islands of the sea-- behold, she is the tares of the earth; she is bound in bundles; her bands are made strong, no man can loose them; therefore, she is ready to be burned. And he shall sound his trump both long and loud, and all nations shall hear it.

D&C 88:138
And ye shall not receive any among you into this school save he is clean from the blood of this generation;

D&C 101:80
And for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood.

D&C 109:42
But deliver thou, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, thy servants from their hands, and cleanse them from their blood.

D&C 109:49
O Lord, how long wilt thou suffer this people to bear this affliction, and the cries of their innocent ones to ascend up in thine ears, and their blood come up in testimony before thee, and not make a display of thy testimony in their behalf?

D&C 112:33
Verily I say unto you, behold how great is your calling. Cleanse your hearts and your garments, lest the blood of this generation be required at your hands.

D&C 122:6
If thou art accused with all manner of false accusations; if thine enemies fall upon thee; if they tear thee from the society of thy father and mother and brethren and sisters; and if with a drawn sword thine enemies tear thee from the bosom of thy wife, and of thine offspring, and thine elder son, although but six years of age, shall cling to thy garments, and shall say, My father, my father, why can't you stay with us? O, my father, what are the men going to do with you? and if then he shall be thrust from thee by the sword, and thou be dragged to prison, and thine enemies prowl around thee like wolves for the blood of the lamb;

D&C 132:19
And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood; and it shall be said unto them-- Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths-- then shall it be written in the Lamb's Book of Life, that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever.

D&C 132:26
Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man marry a wife according to my word, and they are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, according to mine appointment, and he or she shall commit any sin or transgression of the new and everlasting covenant whatever, and all manner of blasphemies, and if they commit no murder wherein they shed innocent blood, yet they shall come forth in the first resurrection, and enter into their exaltation; but they shall be destroyed in the flesh, and shall be delivered unto the buffetings of Satan unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God.

D&C 132:27
The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which shall not be forgiven in the world nor out of the world, is in that ye commit murder wherein ye shed innocent blood, and assent unto my death, after ye have received my new and everlasting covenant, saith the Lord God; and he that abideth not this law can in nowise enter into my glory, but shall be damned, saith the Lord.

D&C 133:51
And I have trampled them in my fury, and I did tread upon them in mine anger, and their blood have I sprinkled upon my garments, and stained all my raiment; for this was the day of vengeance which was in my heart.

D&C 135:3
Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the fulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained, to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants, and many other wise documents and instructions for the benefit of the children of men; gathered many thousands of the Latter-day Saints, founded a great city, and left a fame and name that cannot be slain. He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like most of the Lord's anointed in ancient times, has sealed his mission and his works with his own blood; and so has his brother Hyrum. In life they were not divided, and in death they were not separated!

D&C 135:4
When Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up to the pretended requirements of the law, two or three days previous to his assassination, he said: "I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men. I shall die innocent, and it shall yet be said of me-- he was murdered in cold blood."-- The same morning, after Hyrum had made ready to go-- shall it be said to the slaughter? yes, for so it was-- he read the following paragraph, near the close of the twelfth chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it:

D&C 135:5
And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity. And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father. And now I ... bid farewell unto the Gentiles; yea, and also unto my brethren whom I love, until we shall meet before the judgment-seat of Christ, where all men shall know that my garments are not spotted with your blood. The testators are now dead, and their testament is in force.

D&C 135:6
Hyrum Smith was forty-four years old in February, 1844, and Joseph Smith was thirty-eight in December, 1843; and henceforward their names will be classed among the martyrs of religion; and the reader in every nation will be reminded that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and Covenants of the church, cost the best blood of the nineteenth century to bring them forth for the salvation of a ruined world; and that if the fire can scathe a green tree for the glory of God, how easy it will burn up the dry trees to purify the vineyard of corruption. They lived for glory; they died for glory; and glory is their eternal reward. From age to age shall their names go down to posterity as gems for the sanctified.

D&C 135:7
They were innocent of any crime, as they had often been proved before, and were only confined in jail by the conspiracy of traitors and wicked men; and their innocent blood on the floor of Carthage jail is a broad seal affixed to "Mormonism" that cannot be rejected by any court on earth, and their innocent blood on the escutcheon of the State of Illinois, with the broken faith of the State as pledged by the governor, is a witness to the truth of the everlasting gospel that all the world cannot impeach; and their innocent blood on the banner of liberty, and on the magna charta of the United States, is an ambassador for the religion of Jesus Christ, that will touch the hearts of honest men among all nations; and their innocent blood, with the innocent blood of all the martyrs under the altar that John saw, will cry unto the Lord of Hosts till he avenges that blood on the earth. Amen.

D&C 136:36
For they killed the prophets, and them that were sent unto them; and they have shed innocent blood, which crieth from the ground against them.

D&C 136:39
Many have marveled because of his death; but it was needful that he should seal his testimony with his blood, that he might be honored and the wicked might be condemned.