Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'like' occurs 857 times in the standard works.

309 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'like' in the standard works and contain 36.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 113 minutes to read the entire list.

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Song. 6:12-7:9 (11 in 11 verses)

Isa. 51:3-8 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 8:3-8 (7 in 6 verses)

Ether 2:16-17 (6 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Dan. 7:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Isa. 5:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 15:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

Song. 4:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

Joel 2:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 17:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 114:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 50:42-44 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 102:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 66:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 109:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 31:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 22:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 147:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Micah 7:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 40:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 41:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 83:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 92:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 102:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 46:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 48:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 51:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 33:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 34:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 29:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 58:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 72:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 78:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 78:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 78:69 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 82:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 86:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 23:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 24:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 58:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 27:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 38:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 135:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 575 97 672
NT 94 79 173
Matt. 17 17 34
Mark 6 5 11
Luke 13 22 35
John 4 3 7
Acts 9 2 11
Rom. 4 9 13
1 Cor. 1 4 5
Gal. 1 1 2
Philip. 1 3 4
Col. 0 1 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 1 2 3
Titus 0 2 2
Heb. 3 1 4
James 3 1 4
1 Pet. 1 4 5
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 1 1 2
Rev. 26 1 27
BM 140 23 163
DC 36 22 58
PGP 12 8 20
TOTAL 857 229 1086

Acts 1:11
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Acts 2:3
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Acts 3:22
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

Acts 7:37
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

Acts 8:32
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

Acts 11:17
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

Acts 14:15
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Acts 19:25
Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.