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)

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)

Gen. 43:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 8:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 14:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Micah 2:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 17:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 22:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:20-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 24:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 75:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:84-86 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:105-107 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 20:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 40:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:44 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 36:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 71:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 57:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 54:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 713 346 1059
Gen. 53 23 76
Ex. 61 9 70
Lev. 59 7 66
Num. 53 19 72
Deut. 43 18 61
Josh. 20 11 31
Judg. 12 8 20
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 29 24 53
2 Sam. 15 8 23
1 Kgs. 24 7 31
2 Kgs. 29 11 40
1 Chr. 5 4 9
2 Chr. 7 9 16
Ezra 4 7 11
Neh. 5 2 7
Esth. 4 3 7
Job 24 19 43
Ps. 28 20 48
Prov. 15 11 26
Eccl. 4 8 12
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 48 35 83
Jer. 52 31 83
Lam. 1 2 3
Ezek. 61 27 88
Dan. 6 7 13
Hosea 10 3 13
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 9 8 17
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 5 2 7
Nahum 3 0 3
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 1 2
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 9 1 10
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 161 132 293
BM 243 229 472
DC 114 86 200
PGP 17 19 36
TOTAL 1248 812 2060

Deut. 1:7
Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

Deut. 1:13
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Deut. 1:40
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Deut. 2:4
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

Deut. 2:24
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

Deut. 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Deut. 4:15
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

Deut. 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

Deut. 4:34
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Deut. 5:11
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Deut. 7:3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Deut. 7:15
And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

Deut. 7:25
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

Deut. 10:11
And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

Deut. 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Deut. 12:13
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

Deut. 12:19
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

Deut. 12:26
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:

Deut. 12:30
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

Deut. 15:17
Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

Deut. 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Deut. 20:7
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Deut. 20:14
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

Deut. 20:19
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

Deut. 21:3
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

Deut. 22:6
If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

Deut. 22:7
But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

Deut. 22:13
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

Deut. 22:15
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

Deut. 22:18
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

Deut. 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

Deut. 24:4
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Deut. 24:6
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Deut. 24:8
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

Deut. 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

Deut. 25:5
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

Deut. 25:7
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

Deut. 25:8
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

Deut. 26:2
That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Deut. 26:4
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.

Deut. 27:9
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.

Deut. 31:26
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

Deut. 32:41
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.