Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'make' occurs 1313 times in the standard works.

436 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'make' in the standard works and contain 33.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 183 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 25:17-29 (13 in 13 verses)

Ex. 25:39-26:11 (13 in 13 verses)

Ex. 26:36-27:9 (12 in 11 verses)

Ex. 28:36-42 (7 in 7 verses)

Ex. 28:39-29:2 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 17:9-12 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 28:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 30:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 1:16-20 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 6:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 22:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 28:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 17:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 30:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 20:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 30:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 5:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Nahum 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 34:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 98:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 26:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 9:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:47 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 70:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 70:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


Lev. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:7 Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

 12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.




Lev. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 41:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 66:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 95:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 50:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 9:17-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 65:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 909 145 1054
Gen. 47 0 47
Ex. 140 1 141
Lev. 65 3 68
Num. 37 0 37
Deut. 39 7 46
Josh. 14 0 14
Judg. 5 1 6
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 24 3 27
2 Sam. 14 2 16
1 Kgs. 21 0 21
2 Kgs. 14 0 14
1 Chr. 13 0 13
2 Chr. 20 0 20
Ezra 8 0 8
Neh. 7 0 7
Esth. 7 0 7
Job 33 19 52
Ps. 69 30 99
Prov. 13 21 34
Eccl. 3 5 8
Song. 2 1 3
Isa. 85 25 110
Jer. 73 11 84
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 70 2 72
Dan. 28 5 33
Hosea 11 1 12
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 4 3 7
Micah 11 0 11
Nahum 9 1 10
Hab. 5 4 9
Zeph. 4 0 4
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 7 0 7
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 146 30 176
BM 176 15 191
DC 63 12 75
PGP 19 1 20
TOTAL 1313 203 1516

Lev. 1:4
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Lev. 4:20
And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.

Lev. 4:26
And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

Lev. 4:31
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

Lev. 4:35
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

Lev. 5:6
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

Lev. 5:10
And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.

Lev. 5:13
And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.

Lev. 5:16
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

Lev. 5:18
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.

Lev. 6:7
And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.

Lev. 7:7
As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.

Lev. 8:15
And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

Lev. 8:34
As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.

Lev. 9:7
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.

Lev. 10:17
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

Lev. 11:43
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

Lev. 11:47
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

Lev. 12:7
Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

Lev. 12:8
And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

Lev. 14:11
And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

Lev. 14:18
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.

Lev. 14:19
And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:

Lev. 14:20
And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

Lev. 14:21
And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

Lev. 14:29
And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord.

Lev. 14:31
Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord.

Lev. 14:53
But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

Lev. 15:15
And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his issue.

Lev. 15:30
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness.

Lev. 16:6
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.

Lev. 16:10
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

Lev. 16:11
And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

Lev. 16:16
And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

Lev. 16:17
And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

Lev. 16:18
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.

Lev. 16:24
And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

Lev. 16:27
And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.

Lev. 16:30
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.

Lev. 16:32
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

Lev. 16:33
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

Lev. 16:34
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Lev. 19:4
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

Lev. 19:22
And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

Lev. 19:28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Lev. 20:25
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

Lev. 21:5
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Lev. 22:22
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord.

Lev. 22:24
Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.

Lev. 23:22
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

Lev. 23:28
And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.

Lev. 24:18
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

Lev. 25:9
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Lev. 26:1
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

Lev. 26:6
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Lev. 26:9
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Lev. 26:19
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

Lev. 26:22
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

Lev. 26:31
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

Lev. 27:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation.