Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'according' occurs 1523 times in the standard works.

578 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'according' in the standard works and contain 38% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 224 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 10:32-11:4 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 19:5-10 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 128:6-9 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 2:26-30 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 25:15-16 (5 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 41:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:36-13:3 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 48:6-49:4 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 51:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Esth. 8:9 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:25 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:26-27 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:50-52 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 35:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:53-56 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:73-76 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 39:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:49 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 6:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 16:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 1:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:77-78 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

W of M 1:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 4:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:26-8:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:79-81 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 115:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:63-65 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 134:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 43:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 2:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 51:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 119:149 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 17:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 25:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 35:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 39:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 46:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:111 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:52 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 137:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:34-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:169-170 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:33-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


Morm. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:21 And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become incorruptible bodies; and then ye must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.

 6:22 O that ye had repented before this great destruction had come upon you. But behold, ye are gone, and the Father, yea, the Eternal Father of heaven, knoweth your state; and he doeth with you according to his justice and mercy.




Morm. 9:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 3:4-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 53:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:84-85 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 666 1 667
NT 127 0 127
BM 519 1 520
1 Ne. 46 0 46
2 Ne. 61 0 61
Jacob 25 0 25
Enos 6 0 6
Jarom 5 0 5
Omni 6 0 6
W of M 6 0 6
Mosiah 43 0 43
Alma 203 0 203
Hel. 31 0 31
3 Ne. 44 0 44
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 16 0 16
Ether 12 1 13
Moro. 12 0 12
DC 194 2 196
PGP 17 5 22
TOTAL 1523 9 1532

Morm. 2:17
And now, the city of Jashon was near the land where Ammaron had deposited the records unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed. And behold I had gone according to the word of Ammaron, and taken the plates of Nephi, and did make a record according to the words of Ammaron.

Morm. 3:12
Behold, I had led them, notwithstanding their wickedness I had led them many times to battle, and had loved them, according to the love of God which was in me, with all my heart; and my soul had been poured out in prayer unto my God all the day long for them; nevertheless, it was without faith, because of the hardness of their hearts.

Morm. 3:16
And it came to pass that I utterly refused to go up against mine enemies; and I did even as the Lord had commanded me; and I did stand as an idle witness to manifest unto the world the things which I saw and heard, according to the manifestations of the Spirit which had testified of things to come.

Morm. 3:18
Yea, behold, I write unto all the ends of the earth; yea, unto you, twelve tribes of Israel, who shall be judged according to your works by the twelve whom Jesus chose to be his disciples in the land of Jerusalem.

Morm. 4:12
And there never had been so great wickedness among all the children of Lehi, nor even among all the house of Israel, according to the words of the Lord, as was among this people.

Morm. 5:13
And this is the commandment which I have received; and behold, they shall come forth according to the commandment of the Lord, when he shall see fit, in his wisdom.

Morm. 6:21
And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become incorruptible bodies; and then ye must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.

Morm. 6:22
O that ye had repented before this great destruction had come upon you. But behold, ye are gone, and the Father, yea, the Eternal Father of heaven, knoweth your state; and he doeth with you according to his justice and mercy.

Morm. 7:10
And ye will also know that ye are a remnant of the seed of Jacob; therefore ye are numbered among the people of the first covenant; and if it so be that ye believe in Christ, and are baptized, first with water, then with fire and with the Holy Ghost, following the example of our Savior, according to that which he hath commanded us, it shall be well with you in the day of judgment. Amen.

Morm. 8:16
And blessed be he that shall bring this thing to light; for it shall be brought out of darkness unto light, according to the word of God; yea, it shall be brought out of the earth, and it shall shine forth out of darkness, and come unto the knowledge of the people; and it shall be done by the power of God.

Morm. 8:19
For behold, the same that judgeth rashly shall be judged rashly again; for according to his works shall his wages be; therefore, he that smiteth shall be smitten again, of the Lord.

Morm. 9:32
And now, behold, we have written this record according to our knowledge, in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian, being handed down and altered by us, according to our manner of speech.

Morm. 9:36
And behold, these things which we have desired concerning our brethren, yea, even their restoration to the knowledge of Christ, are according to the prayers of all the saints who have dwelt in the land.

Morm. 9:37
And may the Lord Jesus Christ grant that their prayers may be answered according to their faith; and may God the Father remember the covenant which he hath made with the house of Israel; and may he bless them forever, through faith on the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.