Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'save' occurs 490 times in the standard works.

81 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'save' in the standard works and contain 16.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 30:17-31:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 11:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 4:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 8:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 49:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 71:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.




Jer. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 168 57 225
Gen. 5 1 6
Ex. 3 3 6
Num. 3 3 6
Deut. 6 1 7
Josh. 6 1 7
Judg. 7 3 10
1 Sam. 12 6 18
2 Sam. 8 4 12
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 8 2 10
1 Chr. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 6 1 7
Neh. 2 1 3
Job 4 2 6
Ps. 39 15 54
Prov. 1 1 2
Isa. 13 6 19
Jer. 12 6 18
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 7 0 7
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 4 0 4
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 65 57 122
BM 217 82 299
DC 36 34 70
PGP 4 6 10
TOTAL 490 236 726

Ps. 3:7
Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Ps. 6:4
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. 7:1
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

Ps. 7:10
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

Ps. 17:7
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

Ps. 18:3
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Ps. 18:27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Ps. 18:31
For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

Ps. 18:41
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

Ps. 20:6
Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

Ps. 20:9
Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.

Ps. 22:21
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

Ps. 28:9
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Ps. 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Ps. 31:16
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Ps. 34:6
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Ps. 34:18
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Ps. 37:40
And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Ps. 44:3
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

Ps. 44:6
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Ps. 44:7
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

Ps. 54:1
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

Ps. 55:16
As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

Ps. 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Ps. 59:2
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

Ps. 60:5
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

Ps. 69:1
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

Ps. 69:35
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Ps. 71:2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Ps. 71:3
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

Ps. 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Ps. 72:13
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

Ps. 76:9
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Ps. 80:2
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

Ps. 80:3
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Ps. 80:7
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Ps. 80:19
Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Ps. 86:2
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Ps. 86:16
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Ps. 106:8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

Ps. 106:10
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Ps. 106:47
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

Ps. 107:13
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

Ps. 107:19
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Ps. 108:6
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Ps. 109:26
Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

Ps. 109:31
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Ps. 118:25
Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

Ps. 119:94
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Ps. 119:146
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

Ps. 138:7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Ps. 145:19
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.