Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'covered' occurs 122 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'covered' in the standard works and contain 27% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.




2 Sam. 15:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 98 47 145
NT 7 5 12
Matt. 2 0 2
Mark 0 1 1
Luke 1 0 1
Acts 0 2 2
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 3 2 5
BM 14 22 36
DC 1 1 2
PGP 2 5 7
TOTAL 122 80 202

1 Cor. 11:4
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

1 Cor. 11:5
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

1 Cor. 11:6
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

1 Cor. 11:13
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?