Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'saw' occurs 878 times in the standard works.

281 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'saw' in the standard works and contain 32% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 125 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 11:29-12:21 (29 in 29 verses)

1 Ne. 14:28-30 (6 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

Dan. 8:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 31:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:65-67 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 43:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 6:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 13:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 15:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 20:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 27:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 4:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 20:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 77:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 20:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:43 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)


Num. 24:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.




Josh. 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:91-92 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 327 18 345
Gen. 57 1 58
Ex. 23 0 23
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 17 0 17
Deut. 5 0 5
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 18 0 18
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 28 2 30
2 Sam. 21 2 23
1 Kgs. 10 2 12
2 Kgs. 18 0 18
1 Chr. 12 1 13
2 Chr. 11 0 11
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 8 0 8
Ps. 7 1 8
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 6 0 6
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 8 1 9
Jer. 5 0 5
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 23 0 23
Dan. 18 8 26
Hosea 4 0 4
Amos 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 2 0 2
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 221 9 230
BM 259 1 260
DC 28 2 30
PGP 43 0 43
TOTAL 878 30 908

Num. 13:28
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

Num. 13:32
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

Num. 13:33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Num. 20:29
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Num. 22:2
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

Num. 22:23
And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

Num. 22:25
And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

Num. 22:27
And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.

Num. 22:31
Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

Num. 22:33
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

Num. 24:1
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Num. 24:2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

Num. 24:4
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Num. 24:16
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Num. 25:7
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

Num. 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Num. 32:9
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.