Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'found' occurs 530 times in the standard works.

116 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'found' in the standard works and contain 21.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 7:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Song. 3:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 85:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)


Gen. 44:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

 44:16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

 44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.




Acts 5:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 44:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 28:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 22:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 85:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 286 124 410
Gen. 38 2 40
Ex. 16 1 17
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 15 1 16
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 5 1 6
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 22 0 22
2 Sam. 4 2 6
1 Kgs. 14 5 19
2 Kgs. 19 1 20
1 Chr. 9 0 9
2 Chr. 18 3 21
Ezra 5 7 12
Neh. 7 1 8
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 9 5 14
Ps. 10 22 32
Prov. 8 3 11
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 6 0 6
Isa. 13 22 35
Jer. 20 27 47
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 3 7 10
Dan. 14 0 14
Hosea 5 1 6
Amos 0 1 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 4 5
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 4 5
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 117 34 151
BM 71 86 157
DC 38 47 85
PGP 18 6 24
TOTAL 530 297 827

Gen. 2:20
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Gen. 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Gen. 8:9
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

Gen. 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Gen. 11:7
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Gen. 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Gen. 16:7
And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Gen. 18:3
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Gen. 18:29
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

Gen. 18:30
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Gen. 18:31
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Gen. 18:32
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

Gen. 19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Gen. 26:19
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

Gen. 26:32
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Gen. 27:20
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.

Gen. 30:14
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Gen. 30:27
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

Gen. 31:33
And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

Gen. 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Gen. 31:35
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

Gen. 31:37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

Gen. 33:10
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Gen. 36:24
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Gen. 37:15
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Gen. 37:17
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

Gen. 37:32
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

Gen. 38:20
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

Gen. 38:23
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Gen. 39:4
And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

Gen. 44:8
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

Gen. 44:9
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

Gen. 44:10
And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.

Gen. 44:12
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Gen. 44:16
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

Gen. 44:17
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

Gen. 47:14
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

Gen. 47:29
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

Gen. 50:4
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,