Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hand' occurs 1789 times in the standard works.

655 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hand' in the standard works and contain 36.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 263 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 3:19-4:7 (11 in 11 verses)

Gen. 48:13-22 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Chr. 32:13-22 (10 in 10 verses)

Ps. 144:7-11 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 24:10-15 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 84:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Lev. 14:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 14:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

Jer. 22:24-25 (5 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:20-21 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 21:20-22:1 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 24:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Deut. 15:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 21:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 18:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:33-35 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 36:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 21:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 46:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 7:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 15:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 26:23-27:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 9:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 38:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 37:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 10:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 19:16 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:18 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:30 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 25:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 14:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 9:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 38:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 17:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 32:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 28:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 28:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 18:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 13:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 20:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 26:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 8:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 80:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 51:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 18:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 30:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 3:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 8:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 29:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:40 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 23:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 23:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 6:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 31:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 71:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 74:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 123:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 138:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 139:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 62:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 39:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 36:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:25-24:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 33:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 44:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 109:31-110:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 24:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 85:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1310 464 1774
NT 158 128 286
BM 195 220 415
1 Ne. 12 25 37
2 Ne. 46 12 58
Jacob 9 2 11
Jarom 0 1 1
Omni 2 3 5
W of M 0 7 7
Mosiah 20 37 57
Alma 62 87 149
Hel. 7 13 20
3 Ne. 21 15 36
4 Ne. 1 1 2
Morm. 3 8 11
Ether 9 5 14
Moro. 3 4 7
DC 105 150 255
PGP 21 31 52
TOTAL 1789 993 2782

2 Ne. 1:5
But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all other lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land for the inheritance of my seed. Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever, and also all those who should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord.

2 Ne. 1:6
Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.

2 Ne. 1:10
But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the Lord-- having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of promise-- behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.

2 Ne. 3:15
And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation.

2 Ne. 3:17
And the Lord hath said: I will raise up a Moses; and I will give power unto him in a rod; and I will give judgment unto him in writing. Yet I will not loose his tongue, that he shall speak much, for I will not make him mighty in speaking. But I will write unto him my law, by the finger of mine own hand; and I will make a spokesman for him.

2 Ne. 5:12
And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass, which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord, according to that which is written.

2 Ne. 6:6
And now, these are the words: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

2 Ne. 7:2
Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I called, yea, there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make their rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink because the waters are dried up, and they die because of thirst.

2 Ne. 7:11
Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand-- ye shall lie down in sorrow.

2 Ne. 8:16
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people.

2 Ne. 8:17
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury-- thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out--

2 Ne. 8:18
And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up.

2 Ne. 8:22
Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.

2 Ne. 8:23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over-- and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.

2 Ne. 9:13
O how great the plan of our God! For on the other hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and the body is restored to itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect.

2 Ne. 10:18
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 13:6
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, and shall say: Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let not this ruin come under thy hand--

2 Ne. 15:25
Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Ne. 16:6
Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;

2 Ne. 18:11
For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

2 Ne. 19:12
The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Ne. 19:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Ne. 19:20
And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied; they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm--

2 Ne. 19:21
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Ne. 20:4
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Ne. 20:5
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is their indignation.

2 Ne. 20:10
As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

2 Ne. 20:13
For he saith: By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I have done these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man;

2 Ne. 20:14
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

2 Ne. 20:32
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 21:8
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

2 Ne. 21:11
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

2 Ne. 21:14
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines towards the west; they shall spoil them of the east together; they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

2 Ne. 21:15
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry shod.

2 Ne. 23:2
Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

2 Ne. 23:6
Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

2 Ne. 24:26
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.

2 Ne. 24:27
For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

2 Ne. 25:17
And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to restore his people from their lost and fallen state. Wherefore, he will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the children of men.

2 Ne. 26:19
And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.

2 Ne. 28:6
Behold, hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say there is a miracle wrought by the hand of the Lord, believe it not; for this day he is not a God of miracles; he hath done his work.

2 Ne. 29:1
But behold, there shall be many-- at that day when I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;

2 Ne. 30:6
And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.

2 Ne. 30:14
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.