Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'new' occurs 224 times in the standard works.

81 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'new' in the standard works and contain 36.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 5:36-39 (8 in 4 verses)

Ether 13:3-10 (8 in 8 verses)

Mark 2:21-22 (6 in 2 verses)


Matt. 9:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

 9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

 9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.




Isa. 66:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 21:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 18:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 55:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 75:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 89 122 211
NT 61 88 149
Matt. 8 9 17
Mark 10 8 18
Luke 9 12 21
John 2 25 27
Acts 3 12 15
Rom. 0 5 5
1 Cor. 2 2 4
2 Cor. 3 4 7
Gal. 1 1 2
Eph. 2 1 3
Col. 2 3 5
Titus 0 1 1
Heb. 5 1 6
1 Pet. 0 1 1
2 Pet. 2 0 2
1 Jn. 2 1 3
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 0 1 1
Rev. 9 1 10
BM 26 100 126
DC 37 24 61
PGP 11 19 30
TOTAL 224 353 577

Matt. 1:25
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.

Matt. 7:23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Matt. 9:16
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Matt. 9:17
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Matt. 12:15
But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

Matt. 12:25
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Matt. 13:52
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Matt. 17:12
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

Matt. 24:39
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matt. 25:24
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Matt. 25:26
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Matt. 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Matt. 26:29
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

Matt. 27:18
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

Matt. 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.