Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sacrifice' occurs 251 times in the standard works.

82 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sacrifice' in the standard works and contain 32.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 34:10-15 (9 in 6 verses)

Lev. 7:11-18 (8 in 8 verses)

Ex. 8:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 16:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 39:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 10:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 23:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 7:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 194 102 296
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 23 5 28
Lev. 40 6 46
Num. 28 3 31
Deut. 7 7 14
Josh. 1 5 6
Judg. 2 1 3
1 Sam. 19 7 26
2 Sam. 1 2 3
1 Kgs. 8 3 11
2 Kgs. 7 6 13
1 Chr. 0 6 6
2 Chr. 6 11 17
Ezra 3 2 5
Neh. 1 1 2
Ps. 9 10 19
Prov. 3 1 4
Eccl. 1 2 3
Isa. 3 7 10
Jer. 3 5 8
Ezek. 7 4 11
Dan. 6 0 6
Hosea 7 4 11
Amos 1 2 3
Jonah 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 1 2
NT 24 17 41
BM 15 5 20
DC 14 3 17
PGP 4 1 5
TOTAL 251 128 379

Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Hosea 4:13
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Hosea 8:13
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

Hosea 12:11
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

Hosea 13:2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.