Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'word' occurs 1139 times in the standard works.

349 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'word' in the standard works and contain 30.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 143 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 4:14-20 (8 in 7 verses)

Jacob 2:8-12 (7 in 5 verses)

Matt. 13:19-23 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 12:25-13:2 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 17:26-31 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 11:21-22 (5 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 15:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:19-5:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:31-43:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 6:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 23:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 31:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

John 1:1 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 35:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 7:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 40:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:34-17:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:160-162 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 1:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 32:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 20:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

James 1:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 1:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 1:25-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 34:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 27:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 56:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 105:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:46 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 60:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:21-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Kgs. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

 13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.




1 Kgs. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:24-18:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 36:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:147-148 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:169-170 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 147:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 2:17-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 89:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 492 866 1358
Gen. 7 24 31
Ex. 8 26 34
Lev. 1 7 8
Num. 19 15 34
Deut. 12 48 60
Josh. 9 25 34
Judg. 0 29 29
1 Sam. 9 43 52
2 Sam. 14 26 40
1 Kgs. 49 20 69
2 Kgs. 22 27 49
1 Chr. 12 14 26
2 Chr. 15 26 41
Ezra 3 3 6
Neh. 1 13 14
Esth. 2 5 7
Job 1 55 56
Ps. 60 46 106
Prov. 6 44 50
Eccl. 1 13 14
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 28 39 67
Jer. 98 154 252
Lam. 1 4 5
Ezek. 69 99 168
Dan. 5 16 21
Hosea 3 8 11
Joel 2 2 4
Amos 6 11 17
Jonah 4 0 4
Micah 2 5 7
Nahum 0 3 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 1 3
Hag. 6 2 8
Zech. 13 9 22
Mal. 1 2 3
NT 207 134 341
BM 315 799 1114
DC 115 141 256
PGP 10 27 37
TOTAL 1139 1967 3106

1 Kgs. 1:14
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

1 Kgs. 1:51
And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

1 Kgs. 2:4
That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

1 Kgs. 2:8
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

1 Kgs. 2:23
Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

1 Kgs. 2:27
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

1 Kgs. 2:30
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

1 Kgs. 2:32
And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

1 Kgs. 2:42
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

1 Kgs. 3:12
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

1 Kgs. 3:24
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

1 Kgs. 5:7
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

1 Kgs. 6:11
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

1 Kgs. 6:12
Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

1 Kgs. 8:20
And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Kgs. 8:26
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

1 Kgs. 8:56
Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

1 Kgs. 8:59
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

1 Kgs. 9:7
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

1 Kgs. 10:7
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

1 Kgs. 12:7
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

1 Kgs. 12:22
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

1 Kgs. 12:24
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 13:1
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

1 Kgs. 13:2
And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1 Kgs. 13:5
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 13:9
For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

1 Kgs. 13:11
Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

1 Kgs. 13:17
For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

1 Kgs. 13:18
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

1 Kgs. 13:20
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:

1 Kgs. 13:26
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.

1 Kgs. 13:32
For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

1 Kgs. 14:18
And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

1 Kgs. 16:1
Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

1 Kgs. 16:7
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

1 Kgs. 16:12
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

1 Kgs. 16:34
In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Kgs. 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1 Kgs. 17:2
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

1 Kgs. 17:5
So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

1 Kgs. 17:8
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

1 Kgs. 17:16
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

1 Kgs. 17:24
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

1 Kgs. 18:1
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

1 Kgs. 18:21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

1 Kgs. 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

1 Kgs. 18:36
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

1 Kgs. 19:1
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

1 Kgs. 19:9
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

1 Kgs. 19:10
And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kgs. 19:14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kgs. 19:17
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

1 Kgs. 20:9
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

1 Kgs. 20:35
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

1 Kgs. 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

1 Kgs. 21:17
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

1 Kgs. 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

1 Kgs. 21:28
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

1 Kgs. 22:5
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.

1 Kgs. 22:13
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

1 Kgs. 22:19
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

1 Kgs. 22:38
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.