Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'about' occurs 951 times in the standard works.

267 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'about' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 106 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 41:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Jonah 2:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 19:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 32:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 48:8 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 5:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 5:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 41:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 46:23-47:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 1:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 3:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 1:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 48:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 88:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 125:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 27:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:41 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 79:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 89:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 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.

 89:8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?




Ps. 97:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

James 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 471 1 472
Gen. 11 0 11
Ex. 37 0 37
Lev. 16 0 16
Num. 21 0 21
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 20 0 20
Judg. 15 0 15
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 31 1 32
2 Sam. 10 0 10
1 Kgs. 27 0 27
2 Kgs. 17 0 17
1 Chr. 10 0 10
2 Chr. 19 0 19
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 5 0 5
Job 16 0 16
Ps. 40 0 40
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 4 0 4
Song. 5 0 5
Isa. 10 0 10
Jer. 29 0 29
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 83 0 83
Dan. 6 0 6
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 5 0 5
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 6 0 6
NT 161 1 162
BM 262 0 262
DC 51 0 51
PGP 6 1 7
TOTAL 951 3 954

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

Ps. 7:7
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

Ps. 17:9
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Ps. 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

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

Ps. 27:6
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

Ps. 32:7
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Ps. 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Ps. 34:7
The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Ps. 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Ps. 44:13
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Ps. 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

Ps. 49:5
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Ps. 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Ps. 55:10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Ps. 59:6
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Ps. 59:14
And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

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

Ps. 76:11
Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

Ps. 78:28
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

Ps. 79:3
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

Ps. 79:4
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Ps. 88:17
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

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. 89:8
O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Ps. 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Ps. 97:3
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

Ps. 109:3
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

Ps. 118:10
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.

Ps. 118:11
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

Ps. 118:12
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

Ps. 125:2
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

Ps. 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Ps. 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Ps. 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Ps. 142:7
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.