Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sake' occurs 189 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sake' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 10:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 69:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 48:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 20:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:34 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 143:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 37:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 62:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 85 147 232
Gen. 11 1 12
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 0 12 12
Josh. 0 3 3
Judg. 0 5 5
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 2 3 5
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 8 6 14
2 Kgs. 5 2 7
1 Chr. 1 3 4
2 Chr. 1 13 14
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 1 3 4
Job 1 4 5
Ps. 18 20 38
Prov. 0 11 11
Isa. 14 19 33
Jer. 3 24 27
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 5 6 11
Dan. 2 2 4
Amos 0 1 1
Jonah 1 1 2
Micah 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 60 24 84
BM 23 21 44
DC 13 17 30
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 189 209 398

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

Ps. 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Ps. 25:7
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

Ps. 25:11
For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

Ps. 31:3
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

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

Ps. 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Ps. 44:26
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. 69:6
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Ps. 69:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Ps. 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

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

Ps. 109:21
But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

Ps. 115:1
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

Ps. 132:10
For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

Ps. 143:11
Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.