Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'waters' occurs 411 times in the standard works.

186 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'waters' in the standard works and contain 45.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 47:1-12 (14 in 12 verses)

Abr. 4:2-10 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 1:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

Moses 2:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

Abr. 4:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 7:24-8:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 7:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 3:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 6:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 18:30 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 5:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 77:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 69:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.




Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 271 3 274
Gen. 32 0 32
Ex. 17 0 17
Lev. 6 0 6
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 13 0 13
Judg. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 9 0 9
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 21 0 21
Ps. 38 3 41
Prov. 8 0 8
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 33 0 33
Jer. 22 0 22
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 34 0 34
Dan. 2 0 2
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 3 0 3
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 16 0 16
BM 77 0 77
DC 22 0 22
PGP 25 0 25
TOTAL 411 3 414

Ps. 18:11
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Ps. 18:15
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Ps. 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

Ps. 23:2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Ps. 29:3
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.

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. 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Ps. 42:7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Ps. 46:3
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Ps. 58:7
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Ps. 69:1
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

Ps. 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Ps. 69:14
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Ps. 73:10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Ps. 74:13
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Ps. 77:16
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

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

Ps. 78:13
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

Ps. 78:16
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Ps. 78:20
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

Ps. 81:7
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Ps. 93:4
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Ps. 104:3
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Ps. 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

Ps. 105:29
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

Ps. 105:41
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

Ps. 106:11
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

Ps. 106:32
They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

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

Ps. 107:33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

Ps. 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Ps. 114:8
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Ps. 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Ps. 124:4
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Ps. 124:5
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Ps. 136:6
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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

Ps. 147:18
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Ps. 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.