Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'great' occurs 1841 times in the standard works.

663 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'great' in the standard works and contain 36% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 283 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 8:10-25 (16 in 16 verses)

Alma 18:2-13 (14 in 12 verses)

JS-H 1:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Rev. 16:14-17:1 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 17:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 13:12-18 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 19:24-27 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 3:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

Rev. 18:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 19:34-36 (5 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:21-23 (5 in 3 verses)

Ether 11:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 60:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 4:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 22:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 2:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 7:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 26:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 4:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 10:18-11:1 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 34:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 11:17-12:1 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:29-15:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 46:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 8:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:11 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:54-55 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 3:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

James 3:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 2:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 32:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 17:18-18:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 21:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:36-12:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 15:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 33:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 61:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 39:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 138:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 12:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 36:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 95:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 104:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 147:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 5:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:53 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:18 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 34:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 24:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 71:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 99:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 126:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 145:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

 145:8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.




Jer. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:93-94 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 708 143 851
Gen. 35 10 45
Ex. 15 4 19
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 12 4 16
Deut. 38 13 51
Josh. 29 2 31
Judg. 15 2 17
1 Sam. 34 8 42
2 Sam. 24 5 29
1 Kgs. 27 5 32
2 Kgs. 25 0 25
1 Chr. 17 11 28
2 Chr. 43 5 48
Ezra 10 0 10
Neh. 28 1 29
Esth. 8 3 11
Job 20 4 24
Ps. 69 25 94
Prov. 12 2 14
Eccl. 13 0 13
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 28 5 33
Jer. 47 11 58
Lam. 4 1 5
Ezek. 51 9 60
Dan. 41 7 48
Hosea 6 0 6
Joel 10 0 10
Amos 6 1 7
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 8 1 9
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 4 0 4
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 1 3
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 11 1 12
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 254 74 328
BM 682 80 762
DC 138 33 171
PGP 59 19 78
TOTAL 1841 349 2190

Ps. 14:5
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ps. 18:35
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Ps. 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Ps. 19:11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Ps. 19:13
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Ps. 21:1
The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

Ps. 21:5
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

Ps. 22:25
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

Ps. 25:11
For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

Ps. 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Ps. 31:19
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Ps. 32:6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Ps. 33:17
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

Ps. 35:18
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

Ps. 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

Ps. 37:35
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Ps. 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Ps. 40:9
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

Ps. 40:10
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Ps. 45:11
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

Ps. 47:2
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

Ps. 47:9
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Ps. 48:1
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Ps. 48:2
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Ps. 53:5
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Ps. 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Ps. 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

Ps. 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Ps. 65:9
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

Ps. 66:3
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

Ps. 68:11
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Ps. 71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

Ps. 71:20
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Ps. 71:21
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

Ps. 71:23
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Ps. 76:1
In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

Ps. 77:13
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

Ps. 77:19
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

Ps. 78:15
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

Ps. 78:59
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

Ps. 78:71
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Ps. 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Ps. 80:5
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

Ps. 86:10
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

Ps. 86:13
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

Ps. 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

Ps. 92:5
O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Ps. 95:3
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

Ps. 96:4
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

Ps. 99:2
The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

Ps. 99:3
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

Ps. 103:11
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

Ps. 104:1
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Ps. 104:25
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

Ps. 105:24
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

Ps. 106:21
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

Ps. 107:23
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

Ps. 107:38
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Ps. 108:4
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

Ps. 109:30
I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

Ps. 111:2
The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

Ps. 112:1
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Ps. 115:13
He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

Ps. 116:10
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

Ps. 117:2
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

Ps. 119:156
Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.

Ps. 119:162
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

Ps. 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Ps. 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

Ps. 126:3
The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

Ps. 131:1
Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

Ps. 135:5
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Ps. 135:10
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;

Ps. 136:4
To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:7
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:17
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 138:5
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

Ps. 139:17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Ps. 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

Ps. 145:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

Ps. 145:6
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

Ps. 145:7
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Ps. 145:8
The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Ps. 147:5
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Ps. 150:2
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.