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
NT 60 24 84
Matt. 12 3 15
Mark 8 2 10
Luke 5 1 6
John 5 3 8
Acts 2 1 3
Rom. 4 2 6
1 Cor. 6 3 9
2 Cor. 3 4 7
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 2 0 2
1 Thes. 2 1 3
1 Tim. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 0 2 2
Titus 1 0 1
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 0 1 1
1 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 0 1 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
2 Jn. 1 0 1
3 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 23 21 44
DC 13 17 30
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 189 209 398

Matt. 5:10
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 5:11
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Matt. 10:18
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Matt. 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Matt. 10:39
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Matt. 14:3
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

Matt. 14:9
And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

Matt. 16:25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Matt. 19:12
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Matt. 19:27
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

Matt. 19:29
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Matt. 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Matt. 24:22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Matt. 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?