Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sakes' occurs 41 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sakes' in the standard works and contain 14.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 11:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 0 17
Gen. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 3 0 3
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Ps. 4 0 4
Isa. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 14 0 14
BM 7 0 7
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 41 0 41

Gen. 18:26
And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Lev. 26:45
But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.

Deut. 1:37
Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

Deut. 3:26
But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

Deut. 4:21
Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

Judg. 21:22
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

Ruth 1:13
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

1 Chr. 16:21
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Ps. 7:7
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

Ps. 105:14
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

Ps. 106:32
They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

Ps. 122:8
For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Isa. 65:8
Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

Ezek. 36:22
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

Ezek. 36:32
Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

Dan. 2:30
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

Mal. 3:11
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.