Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'according' occurs 1523 times in the standard works.

578 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'according' in the standard works and contain 38% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 224 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 10:32-11:4 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 19:5-10 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 128:6-9 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 2:26-30 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 25:15-16 (5 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 41:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:36-13:3 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 48:6-49:4 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 51:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Esth. 8:9 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:25 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:26-27 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:50-52 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 35:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:53-56 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:73-76 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 39:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:49 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 6:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 16:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 1:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:77-78 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

W of M 1:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 4:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:26-8:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:79-81 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 115:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:63-65 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 134:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 43:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 2:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 51:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 119:149 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 17:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 25:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 35:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 39:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 46:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:111 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:52 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 137:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:34-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:169-170 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:33-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 3:4-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 53:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:84-85 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 666 1 667
Gen. 32 0 32
Ex. 47 0 47
Lev. 24 0 24
Num. 93 0 93
Deut. 29 0 29
Josh. 48 0 48
Judg. 7 0 7
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 12 0 12
1 Kgs. 34 0 34
2 Kgs. 37 0 37
1 Chr. 25 0 25
2 Chr. 38 0 38
Ezra 15 0 15
Neh. 14 0 14
Esth. 21 0 21
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 45 0 45
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 11 1 12
Jer. 31 0 31
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 48 0 48
Dan. 10 0 10
Hosea 8 0 8
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 127 0 127
BM 519 1 520
DC 194 2 196
PGP 17 5 22
TOTAL 1523 9 1532

1 Kgs. 2:6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

1 Kgs. 3:6
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

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. 4:28
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

1 Kgs. 5:6
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

1 Kgs. 5:10
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

1 Kgs. 6:3
And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

1 Kgs. 6:38
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

1 Kgs. 7:9
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

1 Kgs. 7:36
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

1 Kgs. 8:32
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

1 Kgs. 8:39
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

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. 8:56
Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

1 Kgs. 9:4
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

1 Kgs. 9:11
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

1 Kgs. 11:37
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

1 Kgs. 12:24
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 13:5
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 13:26
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.

1 Kgs. 14:18
And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

1 Kgs. 14:24
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

1 Kgs. 15:29
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

1 Kgs. 16:12
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

1 Kgs. 16:34
In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Kgs. 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1 Kgs. 17:5
So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

1 Kgs. 17:15
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

1 Kgs. 17:16
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

1 Kgs. 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

1 Kgs. 20:4
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

1 Kgs. 21:26
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

1 Kgs. 22:38
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.

1 Kgs. 22:53
For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.