Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'take' occurs 1248 times in the standard works.

388 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'take' in the standard works and contain 31.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 167 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 52:22-33 (12 in 12 verses)

Ezek. 38:12-13 (6 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)


1 Sam. 8:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

 8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.




Alma 7:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 14:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 53:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 1:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 29:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:46-28:2 (3 in 3 verses)

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