Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'great' occurs 1841 times in the standard works.

663 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'great' in the standard works and contain 36% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 283 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 8:10-25 (16 in 16 verses)

Alma 18:2-13 (14 in 12 verses)

JS-H 1:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Rev. 16:14-17:1 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 17:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 13:12-18 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 19:24-27 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 3:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

Rev. 18:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 19:34-36 (5 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:21-23 (5 in 3 verses)

Ether 11:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 60:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 4:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 22:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 2:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 7:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 26:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 4:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 10:18-11:1 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 34:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 11:17-12:1 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:29-15:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 46:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 8:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:11 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:54-55 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 3:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

James 3:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 2:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 32:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 17:18-18:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 21:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:36-12:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 15:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 33:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 61:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 39:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 138:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 12:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 36:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 95:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 104:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 147:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 5:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:53 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:18 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:45 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 50:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

 50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.




Ex. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 34:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 24:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 71:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 99:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 126:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 145:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:93-94 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 708 143 851
Gen. 35 10 45
Ex. 15 4 19
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 12 4 16
Deut. 38 13 51
Josh. 29 2 31
Judg. 15 2 17
1 Sam. 34 8 42
2 Sam. 24 5 29
1 Kgs. 27 5 32
2 Kgs. 25 0 25
1 Chr. 17 11 28
2 Chr. 43 5 48
Ezra 10 0 10
Neh. 28 1 29
Esth. 8 3 11
Job 20 4 24
Ps. 69 25 94
Prov. 12 2 14
Eccl. 13 0 13
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 28 5 33
Jer. 47 11 58
Lam. 4 1 5
Ezek. 51 9 60
Dan. 41 7 48
Hosea 6 0 6
Joel 10 0 10
Amos 6 1 7
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 8 1 9
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 4 0 4
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 1 3
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 11 1 12
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 254 74 328
BM 682 80 762
DC 138 33 171
PGP 59 19 78
TOTAL 1841 349 2190

Gen. 1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Gen. 1:21
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Gen. 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Gen. 4:13
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Gen. 6:5
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Gen. 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Gen. 7:18
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Gen. 10:12
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

Gen. 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Gen. 12:17
And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

Gen. 13:6
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

Gen. 15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Gen. 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Gen. 15:14
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

Gen. 15:18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Gen. 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Gen. 18:18
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Gen. 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Gen. 19:3
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

Gen. 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

Gen. 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

Gen. 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

Gen. 21:8
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

Gen. 21:18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Gen. 24:35
And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

Gen. 26:13
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

Gen. 26:14
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Gen. 27:34
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Gen. 29:2
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

Gen. 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Gen. 32:7
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

Gen. 39:9
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Gen. 41:29
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

Gen. 41:40
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

Gen. 45:7
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Gen. 46:3
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

Gen. 48:19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Gen. 50:9
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

Gen. 50:10
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.