Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seen' occurs 433 times in the standard works.

112 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seen' in the standard works and contain 25.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 42 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:24-31 (9 in 8 verses)

2 Cor. 4:18 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 17:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 88:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 11:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:35-36 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)


Lam. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

 2:14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

 2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.




Ezek. 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

John 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 33:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:46 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 178 0 178
Gen. 11 0 11
Ex. 12 0 12
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 16 0 16
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 8 0 8
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 8 0 8
2 Kgs. 5 0 5
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 15 0 15
Ps. 14 0 14
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 13 0 13
Isa. 14 0 14
Jer. 9 0 9
Lam. 8 0 8
Ezek. 9 0 9
Dan. 6 0 6
Hosea 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 99 0 99
BM 110 0 110
DC 29 0 29
PGP 17 1 18
TOTAL 433 1 434

Lam. 1:8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

Lam. 1:10
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

Lam. 2:14
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

Lam. 2:16
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Lam. 3:1
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

Lam. 3:59
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

Lam. 3:60
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.