Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spare' occurs 87 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spare' in the standard works and contain 9.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 35 12 47
Gen. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 3 4
2 Sam. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 2 1 3
Prov. 2 3 5
Isa. 5 0 5
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 7 1 8
Joel 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 1 2
NT 5 5 10
BM 36 21 57
DC 11 1 12
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 87 39 126

1 Sam. 15:9
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

1 Sam. 15:15
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

1 Sam. 24:10
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.

2 Sam. 12:4
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

2 Sam. 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

2 Kgs. 5:20
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

Ps. 78:50
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

Prov. 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Prov. 17:27
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Prov. 21:26
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Ezek. 20:17
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

Mal. 3:17
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.