Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'offend' occurs 35 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'offend' in the standard works and contain 42.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 42:90-92 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

James 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 7 10 17
NT 18 18 36
Matt. 7 8 15
Mark 4 4 8
Luke 1 1 2
John 1 1 2
Acts 0 2 2
Rom. 0 1 1
1 Cor. 2 0 2
2 Cor. 0 1 1
James 3 0 3
BM 3 3 6
DC 6 4 10
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 35 37 72

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. 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. 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. 18:8
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.