Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'set' occurs 828 times in the standard works.

182 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'set' in the standard works and contain 22% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 74 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 3:3-10 (11 in 8 verses)

Ex. 40:2-8 (7 in 7 verses)

Dan. 2:49-3:5 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 3:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Deut. 17:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 2:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 44:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 121:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 91:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 15:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 78:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.




Ps. 141:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 57:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 611 273 884
Gen. 32 14 46
Ex. 39 7 46
Lev. 9 3 12
Num. 29 15 44
Deut. 27 9 36
Josh. 10 5 15
Judg. 16 3 19
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 24 3 27
2 Sam. 17 2 19
1 Kgs. 24 10 34
2 Kgs. 17 6 23
1 Chr. 18 1 19
2 Chr. 39 1 40
Ezra 15 0 15
Neh. 18 0 18
Esth. 4 2 6
Job 16 23 39
Ps. 43 41 84
Prov. 5 53 58
Eccl. 5 6 11
Song. 5 0 5
Isa. 28 22 50
Jer. 43 13 56
Lam. 3 1 4
Ezek. 73 15 88
Dan. 28 2 30
Hosea 7 5 12
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 3 0 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 0 2 2
Nahum 2 1 3
Hab. 2 2 4
Zeph. 0 4 4
Zech. 5 1 6
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 84 62 146
BM 74 49 123
DC 43 29 72
PGP 16 12 28
TOTAL 828 425 1253

Ps. 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

Ps. 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Ps. 3:6
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Ps. 4:3
But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.

Ps. 8:1
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Ps. 8:8
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Ps. 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

Ps. 10:8
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

Ps. 12:1
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Ps. 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

Ps. 16:8
I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Ps. 17:11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Ps. 18:33
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

Ps. 19:4
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Ps. 20:5
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

Ps. 21:3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Ps. 22:12
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

Ps. 27:5
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Ps. 31:8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Ps. 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Ps. 38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

Ps. 40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Ps. 41:12
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

Ps. 49:8
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

Ps. 50:21
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Ps. 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Ps. 54:3
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Ps. 56:1
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Ps. 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Ps. 62:10
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Ps. 65:6
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

Ps. 65:10
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

Ps. 68:6
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Ps. 69:29
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Ps. 69:33
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Ps. 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Ps. 73:9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Ps. 73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Ps. 74:4
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

Ps. 74:17
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

Ps. 74:23
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Ps. 75:7
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Ps. 78:7
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

Ps. 78:8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

Ps. 78:39
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

Ps. 83:14
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

Ps. 85:13
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Ps. 86:14
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

Ps. 89:25
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Ps. 89:42
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Ps. 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Ps. 91:14
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Ps. 94:10
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

Ps. 101:3
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Ps. 102:13
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

Ps. 103:16
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Ps. 104:9
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Ps. 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Ps. 104:22
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

Ps. 107:25
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

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

Ps. 107:40
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

Ps. 107:41
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

Ps. 109:6
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

Ps. 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Ps. 113:7
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

Ps. 113:8
That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

Ps. 118:5
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

Ps. 119:89
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

Ps. 122:5
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Ps. 129:6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Ps. 132:11
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

Ps. 135:7
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

Ps. 139:5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Ps. 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Ps. 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Ps. 141:3
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Ps. 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Ps. 145:14
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Ps. 146:7
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

Ps. 146:8
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

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