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
Matt. 33 1 34
Mark 28 2 30
Luke 40 1 41
John 24 5 29
Acts 26 6 32
Rom. 15 0 15
1 Cor. 15 5 20
2 Cor. 5 1 6
Gal. 4 1 5
Eph. 2 0 2
Philip. 4 0 4
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 5 0 5
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 3 1 4
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Philem. 2 0 2
Heb. 6 1 7
James 3 1 4
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 2 0 2
Jude 2 0 2
Rev. 4 0 4
BM 147 175 322
DC 41 65 106
PGP 9 25 34
TOTAL 740 383 1123

Luke 1:34
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

Luke 1:58
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 1:62
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

Luke 2:49
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

Luke 6:4
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

Luke 6:42
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

Luke 7:22
Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

Luke 8:18
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

Luke 8:39
Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

Luke 8:47
And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Luke 9:41
And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

Luke 10:26
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Luke 11:13
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Luke 11:18
If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

Luke 12:11
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

Luke 12:27
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Luke 12:28
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

Luke 12:54
And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

Luke 12:56
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Luke 14:7
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

Luke 15:17
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Luke 16:2
And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

Luke 16:5
So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Luke 16:7
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

Luke 18:24
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Luke 19:15
And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

Luke 20:41
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

Luke 20:44
David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?

Luke 21:5
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

Luke 22:2
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

Luke 22:4
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.

Luke 22:61
And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

Luke 23:55
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

Luke 24:6
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

Luke 24:20
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

Luke 24:35
And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.