Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'leave' occurs 155 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'leave' in the standard works and contain 7.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 44:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 12:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 90 133 223
NT 25 39 64
Matt. 4 10 14
Mark 4 8 12
Luke 3 6 9
John 5 1 6
Acts 4 3 7
Rom. 0 1 1
1 Cor. 1 7 8
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 0 2 2
Eph. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 1 2
BM 20 9 29
DC 17 9 26
PGP 3 4 7
TOTAL 155 194 349

Matt. 5:24
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Matt. 18:12
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

Matt. 19:5
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Matt. 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.