Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'saying' occurs 1795 times in the standard works.

457 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'saying' in the standard works and contain 25.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 211 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 10:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 88:102-106 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 1:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 29:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 23:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 43:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 7:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 27:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 27:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 28:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Hag. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 26:68-70 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 19:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:51 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)


Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

 29:12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.




Jer. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:31-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 990 10 1000
Gen. 79 0 79
Ex. 47 0 47
Lev. 51 0 51
Num. 87 1 88
Deut. 39 0 39
Josh. 42 0 42
Judg. 30 1 31
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 52 1 53
2 Sam. 46 0 46
1 Kgs. 78 0 78
2 Kgs. 63 0 63
1 Chr. 16 0 16
2 Chr. 48 2 50
Ezra 5 0 5
Neh. 9 0 9
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 8 2 10
Prov. 1 3 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 36 0 36
Jer. 126 0 126
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 67 0 67
Dan. 3 0 3
Amos 4 0 4
Jonah 4 0 4
Micah 1 0 1
Hag. 10 0 10
Zech. 26 0 26
NT 455 26 481
BM 233 27 260
DC 49 13 62
PGP 68 0 68
TOTAL 1795 76 1871

Isa. 3:6
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

Isa. 3:7
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

Isa. 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Isa. 6:8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Isa. 7:2
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

Isa. 7:5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Isa. 7:10
Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

Isa. 8:5
The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,

Isa. 8:11
For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

Isa. 14:8
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

Isa. 14:16
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

Isa. 14:24
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

Isa. 16:14
But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

Isa. 18:2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Isa. 19:25
Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

Isa. 20:2
At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Isa. 23:4
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

Isa. 29:11
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

Isa. 29:12
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

Isa. 30:21
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Isa. 36:15
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Isa. 36:18
Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Isa. 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Isa. 37:9
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Isa. 37:10
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Isa. 37:15
And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,

Isa. 37:21
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

Isa. 38:4
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

Isa. 41:7
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Isa. 41:13
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Isa. 44:28
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isa. 45:14
Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

Isa. 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Isa. 56:3
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

Isa. 63:11
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?