Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thus' occurs 1358 times in the standard works.

421 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thus' in the standard works and contain 31% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 184 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 36:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 11:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 10:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 10:25-29 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 17:15 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:17-7:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 1:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 24:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 42:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 2:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 6:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:30 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:12 (3 in 1 verse)


Gen. 31:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

 31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

 31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.




Alma 14:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:58-59 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 27:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 34:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 37:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 38:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 45:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 8:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 35:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:37-12:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 16:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:30-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 114:1-115:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 32:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 37:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 24:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 55:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:65 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 18:23-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:47-49:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 35:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:23-39:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 46:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 7:17-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:91-92 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 695 8 703
Gen. 19 7 26
Ex. 27 0 27
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 17 0 17
Deut. 5 0 5
Josh. 12 0 12
Judg. 10 0 10
1 Sam. 12 0 12
2 Sam. 17 0 17
1 Kgs. 28 0 28
2 Kgs. 36 0 36
1 Chr. 11 1 12
2 Chr. 24 0 24
Ezra 6 0 6
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 8 0 8
Isa. 51 0 51
Jer. 180 0 180
Ezek. 154 0 154
Dan. 10 0 10
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 21 0 21
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 2 0 2
Hag. 5 0 5
Zech. 21 0 21
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 42 1 43
BM 478 0 478
DC 119 3 122
PGP 24 8 32
TOTAL 1358 20 1378

Gen. 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Gen. 4:18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

Gen. 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

Gen. 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:25
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Gen. 5:26
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:27
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Gen. 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Gen. 19:36
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

Gen. 20:16
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

Gen. 21:32
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

Gen. 24:30
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

Gen. 25:22
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the Lord.

Gen. 25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Gen. 31:8
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

Gen. 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Gen. 31:40
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Gen. 31:41
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Gen. 32:4
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

Gen. 36:8
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Gen. 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Gen. 42:25
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

Gen. 45:9
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: