Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'taken' occurs 542 times in the standard works.

126 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'taken' in the standard works and contain 23.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 53 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 13:26-29 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 52:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 17:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 16:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 40:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 55:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 24:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:21 And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

 4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.




1 Sam. 14:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 270 1 271
Gen. 22 0 22
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 19 0 19
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 8 0 8
Judg. 6 0 6
1 Sam. 21 0 21
2 Sam. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 11 0 11
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 9 0 9
Ezra 7 0 7
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 11 0 11
Ps. 9 1 10
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 24 0 24
Jer. 30 0 30
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 24 0 24
Dan. 7 0 7
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 5 0 5
Micah 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 68 2 70
BM 153 14 167
DC 35 2 37
PGP 16 0 16
TOTAL 542 19 561

1 Sam. 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

1 Sam. 4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

1 Sam. 4:19
And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

1 Sam. 4:21
And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

1 Sam. 4:22
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

1 Sam. 7:14
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

1 Sam. 10:20
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

1 Sam. 10:21
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

1 Sam. 12:3
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

1 Sam. 12:4
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

1 Sam. 14:41
Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

1 Sam. 14:42
And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

1 Sam. 21:6
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

1 Sam. 30:2
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

1 Sam. 30:3
So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

1 Sam. 30:5
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

1 Sam. 30:16
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

1 Sam. 30:19
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.