Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'any' occurs 1220 times in the standard works.

410 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'any' in the standard works and contain 33.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 157 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:64-72 (12 in 9 verses)

Lev. 11:32-39 (10 in 8 verses)

Lev. 18:23-30 (8 in 8 verses)

Deut. 16:21-17:3 (6 in 5 verses)

Deut. 4:16-18 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 15:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 46:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 104:69-72 (5 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Philip. 2:1 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

James 5:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 20:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:8 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 8:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:105-106 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:51-53 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 15:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 19:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Thes. 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:52 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 74:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 22:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Col. 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 11:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:47 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:47 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 27:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:23-22:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Cor. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.




1 Cor. 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:83-84 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:79-80 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:91-92 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 633 335 968
NT 284 322 606
Matt. 16 41 57
Mark 28 47 75
Luke 26 46 72
John 28 34 62
Acts 27 56 83
Rom. 13 17 30
1 Cor. 36 19 55
2 Cor. 14 12 26
Gal. 6 8 14
Eph. 4 0 4
Philip. 9 3 12
Col. 5 1 6
1 Thes. 5 0 5
2 Thes. 5 1 6
1 Tim. 5 4 9
2 Tim. 0 2 2
Titus 1 1 2
Heb. 14 8 22
James 11 2 13
1 Pet. 5 0 5
2 Pet. 2 1 3
1 Jn. 6 2 8
2 Jn. 1 2 3
3 Jn. 0 1 1
Rev. 17 14 31
BM 149 764 913
DC 130 149 279
PGP 24 59 83
TOTAL 1220 1629 2849

1 Cor. 1:15
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

1 Cor. 1:16
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

1 Cor. 1:26
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

1 Cor. 2:2
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

1 Cor. 3:7
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

1 Cor. 3:12
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

1 Cor. 3:14
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

1 Cor. 3:15
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

1 Cor. 3:17
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

1 Cor. 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Cor. 4:15
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

1 Cor. 5:9
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

1 Cor. 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

1 Cor. 6:1
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

1 Cor. 6:12
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

1 Cor. 7:12
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

1 Cor. 7:18
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

1 Cor. 7:36
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

1 Cor. 8:2
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

1 Cor. 8:3
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

1 Cor. 8:5
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

1 Cor. 8:9
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

1 Cor. 8:10
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

1 Cor. 9:7
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

1 Cor. 9:15
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

1 Cor. 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

1 Cor. 10:5
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

1 Cor. 10:17
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

1 Cor. 10:19
What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

1 Cor. 10:27
If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

1 Cor. 10:28
But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

1 Cor. 10:33
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

1 Cor. 11:16
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

1 Cor. 11:30
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

1 Cor. 11:34
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

1 Cor. 12:12
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

1 Cor. 12:14
For the body is not one member, but many.

1 Cor. 12:20
But now are they many members, yet but one body.

1 Cor. 14:10
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.

1 Cor. 14:27
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

1 Cor. 14:30
If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

1 Cor. 14:35
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

1 Cor. 14:37
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

1 Cor. 14:38
But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

1 Cor. 16:9
For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

1 Cor. 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.