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

Zech. 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

Zech. 5:9
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

Zech. 9:15
The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

Zech. 10:7
And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

Zech. 12:6
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

Zech. 14:5
And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Zech. 14:20
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness unto the Lord; and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.