Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'call' occurs 332 times in the standard works.

62 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'call' in the standard works and contain 18.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 25 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 27:7-9 (5 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)


1 Kgs. 18:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

 18:24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

 18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.




2 Ne. 5:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 133:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 145:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 87:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 55:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 65:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 149 432 581
Gen. 8 98 106
Ex. 3 26 29
Lev. 0 17 17
Num. 4 11 15
Deut. 12 8 20
Josh. 0 13 13
Judg. 3 23 26
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 6 25 31
2 Sam. 2 24 26
1 Kgs. 8 22 30
2 Kgs. 5 16 21
1 Chr. 1 12 13
2 Chr. 1 8 9
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 2 2
Esth. 0 8 8
Job 4 5 9
Ps. 23 14 37
Prov. 5 4 9
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 25 44 69
Jer. 12 21 33
Lam. 1 7 8
Ezek. 4 4 8
Dan. 1 5 6
Hosea 6 4 10
Joel 4 0 4
Amos 1 4 5
Jonah 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 3 5
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 47 268 315
BM 65 232 297
DC 58 167 225
PGP 13 79 92
TOTAL 332 1178 1510

1 Kgs. 1:9
And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

1 Kgs. 1:10
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

1 Kgs. 1:19
And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.

1 Kgs. 1:25
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

1 Kgs. 1:26
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.

1 Kgs. 1:28
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

1 Kgs. 1:32
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

1 Kgs. 2:36
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

1 Kgs. 2:42
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

1 Kgs. 7:21
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

1 Kgs. 8:43
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

1 Kgs. 8:52
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

1 Kgs. 9:13
And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

1 Kgs. 12:3
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kgs. 12:20
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

1 Kgs. 16:24
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

1 Kgs. 17:10
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

1 Kgs. 17:11
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

1 Kgs. 17:18
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

1 Kgs. 18:3
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

1 Kgs. 18:24
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

1 Kgs. 18:25
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

1 Kgs. 18:26
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

1 Kgs. 20:7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

1 Kgs. 22:9
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

1 Kgs. 22:13
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.