Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'how' occurs 740 times in the standard works.

227 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'how' in the standard works and contain 30.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 77 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 12:1-7 (12 in 7 verses)

Job 25:4-26:3 (7 in 6 verses)

Rom. 10:14-15 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Hosea 11:8 (4 in 1 verse)

Ps. 13:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 16:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 15:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 11:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Lam. 1:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:29 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 94:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 12:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 47:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 9:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 7:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 6:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 44:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 133:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 139:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 8:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 20:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 74:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 89:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 316 93 409
NT 227 25 252
BM 147 175 322
1 Ne. 13 24 37
2 Ne. 15 24 39
Jacob 9 4 13
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 20 8 28
Alma 40 23 63
Hel. 21 15 36
3 Ne. 12 29 41
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 5 4 9
Ether 3 39 42
Moro. 7 5 12
DC 41 65 106
PGP 9 25 34
TOTAL 740 383 1123

2 Ne. 1:1
And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things unto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord had done for them in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 1:3
And he also spake unto them concerning the land of promise, which they had obtained-- how merciful the Lord had been in warning us that we should flee out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 2:8
Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.

2 Ne. 7:4
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of Israel. When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning. He waketh mine ear to hear as the learned.

2 Ne. 9:10
O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.

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. 9:20
O how great the holiness of our God! For he knoweth all things, and there is not anything save he knows it.

2 Ne. 9:53
And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and how great his condescensions unto the children of men; and because of his greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would preserve them; and in future generations they shall become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 16:11
Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate;

2 Ne. 24:4
And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!

2 Ne. 24:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!

2 Ne. 30:4
And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning us, how that we came out from Jerusalem, and that they are descendants of the Jews.

2 Ne. 31:5
And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!

2 Ne. 32:2
Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the Holy Ghost?