Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'leave' occurs 155 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'leave' in the standard works and contain 7.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 44:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 12:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 90 133 223
NT 25 39 64
BM 20 9 29
DC 17 9 26
PGP 3 4 7
Moses 1 2 3
Abr. 1 1 2
JS-M 0 1 1
JS-H 1 0 1
TOTAL 155 194 349

Moses 3:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.

Moses 4:13
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they had been naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.

Abr. 5:18
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

JS-M 1:38
Now learn a parable of the fig tree-- When its branches are yet tender, and it begins to put forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh at hand;