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
1 Ne. 7 0 7
2 Ne. 6 3 9
Jacob 2 1 3
Enos 1 0 1
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 0 2 2
Mosiah 21 1 22
Alma 54 13 67
Hel. 6 3 9
3 Ne. 17 0 17
Morm. 13 3 16
Ether 18 1 19
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 47 3 50
PGP 12 2 14
TOTAL 657 50 707

3 Ne. 3:10
And I write this epistle unto you, Lachoneus, and I hope that ye will deliver up your lands and your possessions, without the shedding of blood, that this my people may recover their rights and government, who have dissented away from you because of your wickedness in retaining from them their rights of government, and except ye do this, I will avenge their wrongs. I am Giddianhi.

3 Ne. 4:7
And it came to pass that they did come up to battle; and it was in the sixth month; and behold, great and terrible was the day that they did come up to battle; and they were girded about after the manner of robbers; and they had a lamb-skin about their loins, and they were dyed in blood, and their heads were shorn, and they had head-plates upon them; and great and terrible was the appearance of the armies of Giddianhi, because of their armor, and because of their being dyed in blood.

3 Ne. 9:5
And behold, that great city Moronihah have I covered with earth, and the inhabitants thereof, to hide their iniquities and their abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints shall not come any more unto me against them.

3 Ne. 9:7
Yea, and the city of Onihah and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Mocum and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Jerusalem and the inhabitants thereof; and waters have I caused to come up in the stead thereof, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints shall not come up any more unto me against them.

3 Ne. 9:8
And behold, the city of Gadiandi, and the city of Gadiomnah, and the city of Jacob, and the city of Gimgimno, all these have I caused to be sunk, and made hills and valleys in the places thereof; and the inhabitants thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up any more unto me against them.

3 Ne. 9:9
And behold, that great city Jacobugath, which was inhabited by the people of king Jacob, have I caused to be burned with fire because of their sins and their wickedness, which was above all the wickedness of the whole earth, because of their secret murders and combinations; for it was they that did destroy the peace of my people and the government of the land; therefore I did cause them to be burned, to destroy them from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up unto me any more against them.

3 Ne. 9:11
And because they did cast them all out, that there were none righteous among them, I did send down fire and destroy them, that their wickedness and abominations might be hid from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints whom I sent among them might not cry unto me from the ground against them.

3 Ne. 9:19
And ye shall offer up unto me no more the shedding of blood; yea, your sacrifices and your burnt offerings shall be done away, for I will accept none of your sacrifices and your burnt offerings.

3 Ne. 10:12
And it was the more righteous part of the people who were saved, and it was they who received the prophets and stoned them not; and it was they who had not shed the blood of the saints, who were spared--

3 Ne. 18:11
And this shall ye always do to those who repent and are baptized in my name; and ye shall do it in remembrance of my blood, which I have shed for you, that ye may witness unto the Father that ye do always remember me. And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.

3 Ne. 18:28
And now behold, this is the commandment which I give unto you, that ye shall not suffer any one knowingly to partake of my flesh and blood unworthily, when ye shall minister it;

3 Ne. 18:29
For whoso eateth and drinketh my flesh and blood unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to his soul; therefore if ye know that a man is unworthy to eat and drink of my flesh and blood ye shall forbid him.

3 Ne. 18:30
Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out from among you, but ye shall minister unto him and shall pray for him unto the Father, in my name; and if it so be that he repenteth and is baptized in my name, then shall ye receive him, and shall minister unto him of my flesh and blood.

3 Ne. 20:8
And he said unto them: He that eateth this bread eateth of my body to his soul; and he that drinketh of this wine drinketh of my blood to his soul; and his soul shall never hunger nor thirst, but shall be filled.

3 Ne. 27:19
And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing entereth into his rest save it be those who have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end.