Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'understanding' occurs 194 times in the standard works.

36 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'understanding' in the standard works and contain 18.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 14:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:9 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Kgs. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.




2 Chr. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 17:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 136 0 136
Ex. 3 0 3
Deut. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 17 0 17
Ps. 13 0 13
Prov. 54 0 54
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 12 0 12
Hosea 1 0 1
Obad. 2 0 2
NT 24 0 24
BM 20 1 21
DC 13 4 17
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 194 6 200

1 Kgs. 3:9
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1 Kgs. 3:11
And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

1 Kgs. 3:12
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

1 Kgs. 4:29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

1 Kgs. 7:14
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.