Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'strength' occurs 397 times in the standard works.

100 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'strength' in the standard works and contain 25.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 40 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 10:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 28:7-29:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 6:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 68:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 84:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 90:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 44:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:56 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:55 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 96:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:31-41:1 (2 in 2 verses)


Isa. 49:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

 49:5 And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.




Dan. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 24:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 113:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 225 71 296
Gen. 3 1 4
Ex. 6 0 6
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 1 3
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 8 3 11
1 Sam. 6 1 7
2 Sam. 2 1 3
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 5 1 6
2 Chr. 2 13 15
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 2 2 4
Job 24 4 28
Ps. 74 11 85
Prov. 10 2 12
Eccl. 3 1 4
Isa. 35 7 42
Jer. 3 1 4
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 5 7 12
Dan. 10 6 16
Hosea 2 1 3
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 2 2 4
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 2 3
NT 17 10 27
BM 119 29 148
DC 29 13 42
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 397 123 520

Isa. 5:22
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Isa. 10:13
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

Isa. 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isa. 17:10
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

Isa. 22:21
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

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. 23:10
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

Isa. 23:14
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

Isa. 25:4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Isa. 26:4
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

Isa. 27:5
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

Isa. 28:6
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

Isa. 30:2
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Isa. 30:3
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

Isa. 30:7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

Isa. 30:15
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

Isa. 33:6
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

Isa. 33:23
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Isa. 35:3
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Isa. 36:5
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Isa. 37:3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Isa. 40:9
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

Isa. 40:29
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Isa. 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isa. 41:1
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

Isa. 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isa. 42:25
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Isa. 44:12
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

Isa. 44:14
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

Isa. 45:24
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

Isa. 49:4
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

Isa. 49:5
And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

Isa. 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Isa. 52:1
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Isa. 54:2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Isa. 62:8
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

Isa. 63:1
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Isa. 63:6
And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

Isa. 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?