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
Gen. 2 3 5
Ex. 29 5 34
Lev. 1 1 2
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 17 15 32
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 5 5 10
Ruth 4 0 4
1 Sam. 11 4 15
2 Sam. 7 3 10
1 Kgs. 20 1 21
2 Kgs. 16 0 16
1 Chr. 10 11 21
2 Chr. 16 2 18
Neh. 2 2 4
Esth. 1 3 4
Job 33 3 36
Ps. 104 6 110
Prov. 15 2 17
Eccl. 0 3 3
Song. 23 0 23
Isa. 72 5 77
Jer. 56 2 58
Lam. 13 1 14
Ezek. 44 18 62
Dan. 21 0 21
Hosea 14 0 14
Joel 7 0 7
Amos 5 1 6
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 5 0 5
Nahum 6 1 7
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 8 0 8
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 94 79 173
BM 140 23 163
DC 36 22 58
PGP 12 8 20
TOTAL 857 229 1086

2 Sam. 1:11
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

2 Sam. 17:5
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

2 Sam. 23:20
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: