Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shew' occurs 228 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shew' in the standard works and contain 18% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 2:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 22:26-27 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:25-26 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)


Deut. 17:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

 17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

 17:10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.




1 Sam. 20:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

John 16:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 1:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:4 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 162 137 299
Gen. 5 8 13
Ex. 11 8 19
Lev. 0 3 3
Num. 1 5 6
Deut. 10 7 17
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 4 7 11
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 13 8 21
2 Sam. 11 4 15
1 Kgs. 6 5 11
2 Kgs. 2 8 10
1 Chr. 2 4 6
2 Chr. 1 7 8
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 2 2 4
Esth. 3 4 7
Job 8 4 12
Ps. 26 17 43
Prov. 1 3 4
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 14 10 24
Jer. 8 4 12
Ezek. 7 3 10
Dan. 18 2 20
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 0 4 4
Micah 1 1 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 2 4
NT 66 58 124
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 228 195 423

Deut. 1:33
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

Deut. 3:24
O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

Deut. 4:35
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.

Deut. 4:36
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

Deut. 5:5
(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

Deut. 5:10
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Deut. 5:24
And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

Deut. 6:22
And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

Deut. 7:2
And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Deut. 13:17
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

Deut. 17:9
And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

Deut. 17:10
And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

Deut. 17:11
According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

Deut. 28:50
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

Deut. 32:7
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Deut. 34:1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

Deut. 34:12
And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.