Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lifted' occurs 237 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lifted' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 27:14-15 (5 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 10:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 20:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 5:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 12:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)


Abr. 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

 1:15 And as they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might offer me up and take away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice unto the Lord my God, and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with the vision of the Almighty, and the angel of his presence stood by me, and immediately unloosed my bands;

 1:16 And his voice was unto me: Abraham, Abraham, behold, my name is Jehovah, and I have heard thee, and have come down to deliver thee, and to take thee away from thy father's house, and from all thy kinsfolk, into a strange land which thou knowest not of;

 1:17 And this because they have turned their hearts away from me, to worship the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore I have come down to visit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life.




Job 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 93:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 31:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:21-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 132 0 132
NT 26 0 26
BM 63 0 63
DC 8 5 13
PGP 8 0 8
Moses 5 0 5
Abr. 3 0 3
TOTAL 237 5 242

Abr. 1:15
And as they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might offer me up and take away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice unto the Lord my God, and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with the vision of the Almighty, and the angel of his presence stood by me, and immediately unloosed my bands;

Abr. 1:17
And this because they have turned their hearts away from me, to worship the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore I have come down to visit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life.