Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'say' occurs 2061 times in the standard works.

811 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'say' in the standard works and contain 39.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 359 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 5:46-60 (16 in 15 verses)

Deut. 27:14-26 (13 in 13 verses)

Alma 30:16-26 (11 in 11 verses)

D&C 5:24-30 (8 in 7 verses)

Jer. 23:31-38 (8 in 8 verses)

Hel. 9:23-30 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 15:10-13 (7 in 4 verses)

Ex. 3:13-18 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 27:15-20 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 28:3-8 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 5:25-30 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 13:26-32 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 5:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 12:16-22 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 82:5-11 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 13:25-27 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:18-21 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 5:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 4:23-25 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 112:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:28-31 (5 in 4 verses)

Matt. 5:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 12:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 12:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 2:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 9:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:38-40 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 33:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Amos 6:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 13:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 7:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 26:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:46-21:3 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 103:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 7:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:16 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 92:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 35:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 2:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 8:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 16:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:39-24:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 8:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 32:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:14-39:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 9:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 38:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 97:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:130-132 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:67 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:50 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 46:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 29:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 42:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 70:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 45:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:41-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:8-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 16:6-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:16-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 33:18-34:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 47:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 66:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 82:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:53-94:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:102-103 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:110-111 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:141-142 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 628 1029 1657
Gen. 25 79 104
Ex. 33 48 81
Lev. 15 51 66
Num. 24 89 113
Deut. 51 40 91
Josh. 8 43 51
Judg. 12 31 43
Ruth 1 4 5
1 Sam. 19 54 73
2 Sam. 20 46 66
1 Kgs. 18 80 98
2 Kgs. 16 64 80
1 Chr. 5 16 21
2 Chr. 8 51 59
Ezra 2 5 7
Neh. 2 11 13
Esth. 1 1 2
Job 22 8 30
Ps. 40 11 51
Prov. 10 5 15
Eccl. 5 1 6
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 54 40 94
Jer. 89 128 217
Lam. 2 1 3
Ezek. 92 67 159
Dan. 2 7 9
Hosea 10 0 10
Joel 4 0 4
Amos 9 5 14
Jonah 0 4 4
Micah 5 2 7
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 10 11
Zech. 8 26 34
Mal. 11 0 11
NT 428 506 934
BM 515 272 787
DC 466 66 532
PGP 24 68 92
TOTAL 2061 1941 4002

1 Kgs. 1:13
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

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. 1:34
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.

1 Kgs. 1:36
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.

1 Kgs. 2:14
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

1 Kgs. 2:16
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

1 Kgs. 2:17
And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

1 Kgs. 2:20
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

1 Kgs. 9:8
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

1 Kgs. 12:10
And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

1 Kgs. 13:22
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

1 Kgs. 14:5
And the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

1 Kgs. 16:16
And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

1 Kgs. 18:44
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

1 Kgs. 22:8
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

1 Kgs. 22:27
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.