Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'speak' occurs 765 times in the standard works.

215 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'speak' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 84 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 29:8-30:1 (9 in 8 verses)

Deut. 18:18-20 (5 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 102:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 6:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 13:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 7:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

John 12:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 14:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 23:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 37:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 73:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 85:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 12:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 6:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:62 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 9:35-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 33:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 145:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 26:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:54-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 352 94 446
Gen. 15 3 18
Ex. 27 2 29
Lev. 24 0 24
Num. 32 3 35
Deut. 20 6 26
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 6 1 7
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 4 3 7
2 Sam. 16 2 18
1 Kgs. 11 1 12
2 Kgs. 4 1 5
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 6 1 7
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 2 1 3
Job 26 9 35
Ps. 44 11 55
Prov. 4 12 16
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 21 8 29
Jer. 36 16 52
Ezek. 28 3 31
Dan. 7 5 12
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 2 1 3
Zech. 6 3 9
NT 161 65 226
BM 182 59 241
DC 61 19 80
PGP 9 7 16
TOTAL 765 244 1009

Gen. 24:15
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

Gen. 24:45
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Gen. 45:12
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Ex. 33:11
And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Ex. 34:33
And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.

Num. 7:89
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

Num. 16:31
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

Num. 23:26
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?

Deut. 4:33
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

Deut. 5:26
For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Deut. 11:19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Deut. 18:22
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

Deut. 20:9
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

Deut. 32:45
And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:

Judg. 15:17
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.

Ruth 1:18
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

1 Sam. 9:21
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

1 Sam. 18:1
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Sam. 24:16
And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

2 Sam. 13:36
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

2 Sam. 19:29
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

1 Kgs. 20:5
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

2 Kgs. 6:12
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

2 Chr. 36:12
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.

Esth. 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Job 1:16
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Job 1:17
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Job 1:18
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

Job 2:10
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Job 4:2
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

Job 17:5
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Job 32:15
They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

Job 33:14
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

Ps. 12:3
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Ps. 15:2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Ps. 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Ps. 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Ps. 41:6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Ps. 50:20
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Ps. 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Ps. 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Ps. 140:11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Ps. 144:8
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Ps. 144:11
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

Prov. 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Prov. 6:13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

Prov. 6:19
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Prov. 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Prov. 12:17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Prov. 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Prov. 14:25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Prov. 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

Prov. 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Prov. 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Prov. 21:28
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

Prov. 26:25
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Isa. 9:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isa. 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Isa. 33:15
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Isa. 40:27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

Isa. 58:9
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Isa. 58:13
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Isa. 59:13
In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Isa. 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Jer. 7:13
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

Jer. 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Jer. 10:1
Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

Jer. 25:3
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

Jer. 26:7
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

Jer. 26:8
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

Jer. 28:2
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Jer. 29:25
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

Jer. 30:2
Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

Jer. 35:14
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

Jer. 38:4
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Jer. 38:27
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

Jer. 40:16
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

Jer. 43:1
And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, even all these words,

Jer. 43:2
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

Ezek. 3:18
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Ezek. 10:5
And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

Ezek. 43:6
And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.

Dan. 7:8
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Dan. 8:13
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

Dan. 8:18
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

Dan. 9:20
And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

Dan. 9:21
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Hag. 1:2
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built.

Zech. 6:12
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:

Zech. 7:9
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Zech. 13:3
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.