Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sea' occurs 526 times in the standard works.

212 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sea' in the standard works and contain 40.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 81 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 14:21-15:4 (15 in 15 verses)

Jonah 1:9-15 (8 in 7 verses)


Ex. 15:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

 15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

 15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

 15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.




Hel. 3:8 (4 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 47:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

John 6:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 12:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Mark 4:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 34:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 4:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 106:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 23:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 26:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 47:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 14:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 6:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 7:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 14:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 72:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 10:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:41-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 302 247 549
Gen. 8 8 16
Ex. 32 22 54
Lev. 0 13 13
Num. 15 17 32
Deut. 12 12 24
Josh. 33 3 36
Judg. 3 4 7
1 Sam. 1 7 8
2 Sam. 2 2 4
1 Kgs. 15 6 21
2 Kgs. 4 6 10
1 Chr. 2 5 7
2 Chr. 10 8 18
Ezra 1 5 6
Neh. 3 5 8
Esth. 1 5 6
Job 12 25 37
Ps. 32 22 54
Prov. 3 9 12
Eccl. 2 5 7
Song. 0 3 3
Isa. 28 6 34
Jer. 17 12 29
Lam. 2 1 3
Ezek. 21 20 41
Dan. 2 7 9
Hosea 2 4 6
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 5 2 7
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 11 1 12
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 3 0 3
Hab. 4 0 4
Zeph. 3 1 4
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 7 0 7
NT 98 128 226
BM 95 189 284
DC 19 101 120
PGP 12 10 22
TOTAL 526 675 1201

Ex. 10:19
And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

Ex. 13:10
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

Ex. 13:18
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

Ex. 14:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

Ex. 14:9
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

Ex. 14:16
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Ex. 14:21
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Ex. 14:22
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Ex. 14:23
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Ex. 14:26
And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

Ex. 14:27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

Ex. 14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

Ex. 14:29
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Ex. 14:30
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

Ex. 15:1
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Ex. 15:4
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

Ex. 15:8
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

Ex. 15:10
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

Ex. 15:19
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

Ex. 15:21
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Ex. 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Ex. 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

Ex. 18:22
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

Ex. 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Ex. 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Ex. 23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Ex. 25:17
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Ex. 25:18
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

Ex. 25:19
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

Ex. 25:20
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

Ex. 25:21
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

Ex. 25:22
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Ex. 26:34
And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

Ex. 30:6
And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

Ex. 31:7
The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

Ex. 35:12
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering,

Ex. 37:6
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Ex. 37:7
And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

Ex. 37:8
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

Ex. 37:9
And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

Ex. 39:35
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,

Ex. 40:20
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: