Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'find' occurs 214 times in the standard works.

36 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'find' in the standard works and contain 16.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 6:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

 6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

 6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.




Eccl. 8:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 7:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

John 7:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 109 20 129
Gen. 12 3 15
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 6 0 6
Judg. 4 0 4
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 9 0 9
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Ezra 2 0 2
Job 7 2 9
Ps. 5 1 6
Prov. 13 9 22
Eccl. 11 1 12
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 3 1 4
Jer. 6 0 6
Lam. 2 1 3
Ezek. 0 1 1
Dan. 4 0 4
Hosea 4 1 5
Amos 1 0 1
NT 47 19 66
BM 31 4 35
DC 26 0 26
PGP 1 4 5
TOTAL 214 47 261

Dan. 6:4
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Dan. 6:5
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.