Emphasis Scriptures

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

28 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'knowest' in the standard works and contain 23% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 21:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

 21:6 Thou also sayest, except we repent we shall perish. How knowest thou the thought and intent of our hearts? How knowest thou that we have cause to repent? How knowest thou that we are not a righteous people? Behold, we have built sanctuaries, and we do assemble ourselves together to worship God. We do believe that God will save all men.

 21:7 Now Aaron said unto him: Believest thou that the Son of God shall come to redeem mankind from their sins?

 21:8 And the man said unto him: We do not believe that thou knowest any such thing. We do not believe in these foolish traditions. We do not believe that thou knowest of things to come, neither do we believe that thy fathers and also that our fathers did know concerning the things which they spake, of that which is to come.




John 21:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 11:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:39 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 39:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 67 0 67
NT 22 0 22
BM 25 0 25
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 13 0 13
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 7 0 7
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 122 0 122

Alma 11:23
Now Amulek said: O thou child of hell, why tempt ye me? Knowest thou that the righteous yieldeth to no such temptations?

Alma 11:24
Believest thou that there is no God? I say unto you, Nay, thou knowest that there is a God, but thou lovest that lucre more than him.

Alma 11:30
Now Zeezrom said unto him again: How knowest thou these things?

Alma 18:20
And the king said: How knowest thou the thoughts of my heart? Thou mayest speak boldly, and tell me concerning these things; and also tell me by what power ye slew and smote off the arms of my brethren that scattered my flocks--

Alma 21:6
Thou also sayest, except we repent we shall perish. How knowest thou the thought and intent of our hearts? How knowest thou that we have cause to repent? How knowest thou that we are not a righteous people? Behold, we have built sanctuaries, and we do assemble ourselves together to worship God. We do believe that God will save all men.

Alma 21:8
And the man said unto him: We do not believe that thou knowest any such thing. We do not believe in these foolish traditions. We do not believe that thou knowest of things to come, neither do we believe that thy fathers and also that our fathers did know concerning the things which they spake, of that which is to come.

Alma 30:32
Now Alma said unto him: Thou knowest that we do not glut ourselves upon the labors of this people; for behold I have labored even from the commencement of the reign of the judges until now, with mine own hands for my support, notwithstanding my many travels round about the land to declare the word of God unto my people.

Alma 30:35
Then why sayest thou that we preach unto this people to get gain, when thou, of thyself, knowest that we receive no gain? And now, believest thou that we deceive this people, that causes such joy in their hearts?

Alma 38:4
For I know that thou wast in bonds; yea, and I also know that thou wast stoned for the word's sake; and thou didst bear all these things with patience because the Lord was with thee; and now thou knowest that the Lord did deliver thee.

Alma 56:4
Now I need not rehearse unto you concerning their traditions or their unbelief, for thou knowest concerning all these things--