Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thing' occurs 743 times in the standard works.

170 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thing' in the standard works and contain 22.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 72 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 15:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Moro. 7:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 10:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:26-41:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 6:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 13:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 13:57-59 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 30:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 6:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 28:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 430 565 995
Gen. 42 20 62
Ex. 23 15 38
Lev. 55 29 84
Num. 15 19 34
Deut. 37 29 66
Josh. 17 9 26
Judg. 15 6 21
Ruth 1 1 2
1 Sam. 21 18 39
2 Sam. 25 13 38
1 Kgs. 16 15 31
2 Kgs. 15 17 32
1 Chr. 9 22 31
2 Chr. 7 19 26
Ezra 4 5 9
Neh. 2 12 14
Esth. 5 12 17
Job 18 32 50
Ps. 13 40 53
Prov. 5 33 38
Eccl. 18 18 36
Isa. 15 66 81
Jer. 21 41 62
Lam. 2 8 10
Ezek. 10 32 42
Dan. 13 13 26
Hosea 3 4 7
Joel 0 4 4
Amos 1 3 4
Obad. 0 2 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 4 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 119 861 980
BM 143 1005 1148
DC 35 512 547
PGP 16 99 115
TOTAL 743 3042 3785

2 Chr. 9:20
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

2 Chr. 11:4
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

2 Chr. 16:10
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

2 Chr. 23:4
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

2 Chr. 23:19
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

2 Chr. 29:36
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

2 Chr. 30:4
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.