Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'went' occurs 1632 times in the standard works.

592 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'went' in the standard works and contain 36.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 255 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 1:9-24 (16 in 16 verses)

Josh. 15:3-15 (13 in 13 verses)

Josh. 18:8-18 (11 in 11 verses)

2 Sam. 20:2-8 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 10:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 10:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 15:30 (5 in 1 verse)

Josh. 16:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 14:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 17:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:33-37 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 18:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 17:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:42-45 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 2:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 20:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 6:12 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 16:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 48:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 22:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 32:41-33:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 1:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 23:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 15:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 19:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 22:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 10:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 36:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 13:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:46 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 18:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:40 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 14:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 41:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 20:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:34-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 3:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:40-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:22-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:21-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezra 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

 7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.




Neh. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:15-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 41:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 9:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:53-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1062 331 1393
Gen. 110 13 123
Ex. 55 23 78
Lev. 6 4 10
Num. 55 32 87
Deut. 16 2 18
Josh. 66 2 68
Judg. 102 14 116
Ruth 12 0 12
1 Sam. 101 3 104
2 Sam. 97 12 109
1 Kgs. 71 24 95
2 Kgs. 91 19 110
1 Chr. 36 41 77
2 Chr. 48 36 84
Ezra 8 20 28
Neh. 15 21 36
Esth. 11 4 15
Job 8 0 8
Ps. 14 2 16
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 11 2 13
Jer. 29 7 36
Ezek. 63 37 100
Dan. 9 3 12
Hosea 5 0 5
Amos 3 0 3
Jonah 5 0 5
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 1 4
Hag. 0 7 7
Zech. 6 2 8
NT 338 14 352
BM 199 61 260
DC 7 11 18
PGP 26 12 38
TOTAL 1632 429 2061

Ezra 1:9
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

Ezra 2:1
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

Ezra 2:11
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:12
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.

Ezra 2:17
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:19
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:21
The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:23
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

Ezra 2:26
The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

Ezra 2:27
The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

Ezra 2:28
The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:32
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

Ezra 2:33
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

Ezra 2:41
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

Ezra 2:59
And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

Ezra 2:67
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 4:23
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

Ezra 5:8
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

Ezra 7:7
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

Ezra 8:1
These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

Ezra 8:11
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

Ezra 8:19
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

Ezra 8:20
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

Ezra 8:27
Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

Ezra 10:6
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

Ezra 10:9
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.