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)

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)

 8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

 8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.




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
Gen. 40 0 40
Ex. 37 0 37
Lev. 38 0 38
Num. 75 0 75
Deut. 23 0 23
Josh. 24 0 24
Judg. 7 2 9
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 21 1 22
2 Sam. 13 0 13
1 Kgs. 35 3 38
2 Kgs. 18 0 18
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 18 1 19
Neh. 3 1 4
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 7 1 8
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 29 1 30
Ezek. 7 0 7
Dan. 23 0 23
Hosea 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 136 0 136
BM 170 0 170
DC 13 0 13
PGP 28 0 28
TOTAL 798 10 808

Judg. 2:4
And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Judg. 8:8
And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

Judg. 8:9
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

Judg. 9:3
And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

Judg. 9:37
And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

Judg. 13:11
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

Judg. 15:13
And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

Judg. 17:2
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

Judg. 19:22
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.