Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bring' occurs 979 times in the standard works.

242 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bring' in the standard works and contain 24.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 98 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 5:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Neh. 10:34-11:1 (7 in 7 verses)

Abr. 4:11-12 (5 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 25:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 4:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 39:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 26:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 8:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 21:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 40:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 30:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 68:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 23:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 60:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 28:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 7:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:68 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 14:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:52 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:65 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 44:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.




2 Sam. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 43:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 43:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 641 77 718
Gen. 48 0 48
Ex. 46 3 49
Lev. 63 3 66
Num. 40 2 42
Deut. 37 2 39
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 23 3 26
2 Sam. 18 5 23
1 Kgs. 18 2 20
2 Kgs. 11 2 13
1 Chr. 13 0 13
2 Chr. 13 1 14
Ezra 5 0 5
Neh. 15 1 16
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 15 5 20
Ps. 24 10 34
Prov. 6 13 19
Eccl. 3 1 4
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 55 13 68
Jer. 65 5 70
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 56 2 58
Dan. 8 1 9
Hosea 5 1 6
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 7 0 7
Obad. 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Zeph. 5 0 5
Hag. 2 1 3
Zech. 8 0 8
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 84 32 116
BM 170 69 239
DC 66 16 82
PGP 18 2 20
TOTAL 979 196 1175

2 Sam. 2:3
And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

2 Sam. 3:12
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

2 Sam. 3:13
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

2 Sam. 6:2
And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

2 Sam. 9:10
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Sam. 12:23
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

2 Sam. 13:10
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

2 Sam. 14:10
And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

2 Sam. 14:21
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

2 Sam. 15:8
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

2 Sam. 15:14
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

2 Sam. 15:25
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

2 Sam. 17:3
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

2 Sam. 17:13
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

2 Sam. 17:14
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Sam. 18:26
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

2 Sam. 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

2 Sam. 19:11
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

2 Sam. 19:12
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

2 Sam. 19:43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Sam. 22:28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

2 Sam. 22:48
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

2 Sam. 22:49
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.