Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'off' occurs 709 times in the standard works.

183 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'off' in the standard works and contain 25.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 71 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 9:11-14 (5 in 4 verses)

Micah 5:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 21:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Micah 3:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 1:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:37-39 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 6:5 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 11:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 8:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 38:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Nahum 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 31:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 15:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 94:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 14:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 27:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 47:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 447 1458 1905
NT 60 145 205
Matt. 8 22 30
Mark 10 10 20
Luke 10 13 23
John 3 10 13
Acts 9 15 24
Rom. 5 14 19
1 Cor. 0 10 10
2 Cor. 1 3 4
Gal. 1 1 2
Eph. 3 1 4
Philip. 0 2 2
Col. 3 0 3
1 Tim. 1 3 4
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Heb. 1 31 32
James 0 4 4
1 Pet. 0 2 2
2 Pet. 2 1 3
Rev. 3 2 5
BM 156 53 209
DC 35 136 171
PGP 11 29 40
TOTAL 709 1821 2530

Matt. 5:24
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Matt. 5:25
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Matt. 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matt. 5:30
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matt. 8:4
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Matt. 11:6
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Matt. 13:21
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Matt. 13:41
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Matt. 13:57
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Matt. 15:12
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

Matt. 16:23
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Matt. 17:27
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

Matt. 18:6
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Matt. 18:7
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

Matt. 18:8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

Matt. 18:9
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Matt. 24:10
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Matt. 26:31
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Matt. 26:33
Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

Mark 1:44
And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Mark 4:17
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

Mark 9:42
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Mark 9:43
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Mark 9:45
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Mark 9:47
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

Mark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Mark 14:27
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

Mark 14:29
But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

Luke 1:8
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

Luke 1:9
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

Luke 2:24
And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

Luke 5:14
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Luke 6:29
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.

Luke 7:23
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Luke 11:12
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Luke 12:58
When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Luke 17:1
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

Luke 17:2
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

Luke 21:4
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

Luke 23:36
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

John 6:61
When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

John 7:32
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

John 7:45
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

John 7:46
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

John 16:1
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

John 18:3
Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

John 18:12
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,

John 18:18
And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

John 18:22
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

John 19:6
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

Acts 5:22
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

Acts 5:26
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

Acts 7:41
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

Acts 7:42
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

Acts 8:18
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

Acts 15:29
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Acts 17:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Acts 21:25
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

Acts 21:26
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

Acts 24:16
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

Acts 24:17
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

Acts 25:8
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

Acts 25:11
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

Rom. 4:25
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

Rom. 5:15
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

Rom. 5:16
And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

Rom. 5:17
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Rom. 5:18
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Rom. 5:20
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

Rom. 9:33
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Rom. 11:13
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

Rom. 12:4
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

Rom. 14:20
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Rom. 14:21
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Rom. 15:16
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

Rom. 16:17
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

1 Cor. 4:13
Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

1 Cor. 8:1
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

1 Cor. 8:4
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

1 Cor. 8:7
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

1 Cor. 8:10
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

1 Cor. 8:13
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

1 Cor. 10:19
What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

1 Cor. 10:28
But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

1 Cor. 10:32
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

2 Cor. 6:3
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

2 Cor. 11:7
Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

2 Cor. 11:29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

Gal. 5:11
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

Eph. 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Philip. 1:10
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

Philip. 2:17
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

1 Tim. 3:1
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

1 Tim. 3:10
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

1 Tim. 3:13
For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Tim. 4:6
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Heb. 5:1
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Heb. 5:3
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

Heb. 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

Heb. 7:5
And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

Heb. 7:27
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Heb. 8:3
For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

Heb. 8:4
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

Heb. 9:7
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

Heb. 9:9
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

Heb. 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Heb. 9:25
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

Heb. 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Heb. 10:1
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Heb. 10:2
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

Heb. 10:5
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

Heb. 10:6
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

Heb. 10:8
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Heb. 10:10
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Heb. 10:11
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

Heb. 10:12
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Heb. 10:14
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Heb. 10:18
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Heb. 11:4
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Heb. 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Heb. 13:15
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

James 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

1 Pet. 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

1 Pet. 2:8
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

2 Pet. 3:3
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

Rev. 8:3
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

Rev. 22:16
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.