Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spake' occurs 798 times in the standard works.

141 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spake' in the standard works and contain 17.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 63 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 11:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 1:28-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)


Moses 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

 2:5 And I, God, called the light Day; and the darkness, I called Night; and this I did by the word of my power, and it was done as I spake; and the evening and the morning were the first day.

 2:6 And again, I, God, said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and it was so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done;

 2:7 And I, God, made the firmament and divided the waters, yea, the great waters under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so even as I spake.




1 Kgs. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 12:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:25-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:23-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:89-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 451 10 461
NT 136 0 136
BM 170 0 170
DC 13 0 13
PGP 28 0 28
Moses 26 0 26
Abr. 1 0 1
JS-H 1 0 1
TOTAL 798 10 808

Moses 1:1
The words of God, which he spake unto Moses at a time when Moses was caught up into an exceedingly high mountain,

Moses 1:3
And God spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty, and Endless is my name; for I am without beginning of days or end of years; and is not this endless?

Moses 1:36
And it came to pass that Moses spake unto the Lord, saying: Be merciful unto thy servant, O God, and tell me concerning this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, and also the heavens, and then thy servant will be content.

Moses 1:37
And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The heavens, they are many, and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine.

Moses 2:1
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven, and this earth; write the words which I speak. I am the Beginning and the End, the Almighty God; by mine Only Begotten I created these things; yea, in the beginning I created the heaven, and the earth upon which thou standest.

Moses 2:5
And I, God, called the light Day; and the darkness, I called Night; and this I did by the word of my power, and it was done as I spake; and the evening and the morning were the first day.

Moses 2:6
And again, I, God, said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and it was so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done;

Moses 2:7
And I, God, made the firmament and divided the waters, yea, the great waters under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so even as I spake.

Moses 2:11
And I, God, said: Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit, after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself upon the earth, and it was so even as I spake.

Moses 2:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein I grant life, there shall be given every clean herb for meat; and it was so, even as I spake.

Moses 3:6
But I, the Lord God, spake, and there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Moses 4:1
And I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying-- Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor.

Moses 4:7
And he said unto the woman: Yea, hath God said-- Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (And he spake by the mouth of the serpent.)

Moses 4:32
(And these are the words which I spake unto my servant Moses, and they are true even as I will; and I have spoken them unto you. See thou show them unto no man, until I command you, except to them that believe. Amen.)

Moses 5:7
And then the angel spake, saying: This thing is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and truth.

Moses 6:8
Now this prophecy Adam spake, as he was moved upon by the Holy Ghost, and a genealogy was kept of the children of God. And this was the book of the generations of Adam, saying: In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Moses 6:23
And they were preachers of righteousness, and spake and prophesied, and called upon all men, everywhere, to repent; and faith was taught unto the children of men.

Moses 6:31
And when Enoch had heard these words, he bowed himself to the earth, before the Lord, and spake before the Lord, saying: Why is it that I have found favor in thy sight, and am but a lad, and all the people hate me; for I am slow of speech; wherefore am I thy servant?

Moses 6:35
And the Lord spake unto Enoch, and said unto him: Anoint thine eyes with clay, and wash them, and thou shalt see. And he did so.

Moses 6:42
And it came to pass, as I journeyed from the land of Cainan, by the sea east, I beheld a vision; and lo, the heavens I saw, and the Lord spake with me, and gave me commandment; wherefore, for this cause, to keep the commandment, I speak forth these words.

Moses 6:43
And Enoch continued his speech, saying: The Lord which spake with me, the same is the God of heaven, and he is my God, and your God, and ye are my brethren, and why counsel ye yourselves, and deny the God of heaven?

Moses 6:47
And as Enoch spake forth the words of God, the people trembled, and could not stand in his presence.

Moses 6:53
And our father Adam spake unto the Lord, and said: Why is it that men must repent and be baptized in water? And the Lord said unto Adam: Behold I have forgiven thee thy transgression in the Garden of Eden.

Moses 6:55
And the Lord spake unto Adam, saying: Inasmuch as thy children are conceived in sin, even so when they begin to grow up, sin conceiveth in their hearts, and they taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good.

Moses 7:13
And so great was the faith of Enoch that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even according to his command; and the rivers of water were turned out of their course; and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness; and all nations feared greatly, so powerful was the word of Enoch, and so great was the power of the language which God had given him.

Moses 7:41
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Enoch, and told Enoch all the doings of the children of men; wherefore Enoch knew, and looked upon their wickedness, and their misery, and wept and stretched forth his arms, and his heart swelled wide as eternity; and his bowels yearned; and all eternity shook.