Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'saying' occurs 1795 times in the standard works.

457 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'saying' in the standard works and contain 25.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 211 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 10:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 88:102-106 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 1:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 29:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 23:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 43:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 7:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 27:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 27:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 28:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Hag. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 26:68-70 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 19:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:51 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:31-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 990 10 1000
Gen. 79 0 79
Ex. 47 0 47
Lev. 51 0 51
Num. 87 1 88
Deut. 39 0 39
Josh. 42 0 42
Judg. 30 1 31
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 52 1 53
2 Sam. 46 0 46
1 Kgs. 78 0 78
2 Kgs. 63 0 63
1 Chr. 16 0 16
2 Chr. 48 2 50
Ezra 5 0 5
Neh. 9 0 9
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 8 2 10
Prov. 1 3 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 36 0 36
Jer. 126 0 126
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 67 0 67
Dan. 3 0 3
Amos 4 0 4
Jonah 4 0 4
Micah 1 0 1
Hag. 10 0 10
Zech. 26 0 26
NT 455 26 481
BM 233 27 260
DC 49 13 62
PGP 68 0 68
TOTAL 1795 76 1871

Ezek. 3:12
Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

Ezek. 3:16
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 6:1
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 7:1
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 9:1
He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

Ezek. 9:11
And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

Ezek. 10:6
And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

Ezek. 11:14
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 12:1
The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 12:8
And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

Ezek. 12:17
Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezek. 12:21
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 12:22
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Ezek. 12:26
Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezek. 13:1
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 13:6
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

Ezek. 13:10
Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar:

Ezek. 14:2
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 14:12
The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

Ezek. 15:1
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 16:1
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 16:44
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

Ezek. 17:1
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 17:11
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 18:1
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

Ezek. 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

Ezek. 20:2
Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

Ezek. 20:5
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God;

Ezek. 20:45
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 21:1
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 21:8
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 21:18
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

Ezek. 22:1
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 22:17
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 22:23
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 22:28
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.

Ezek. 23:1
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 24:1
Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 24:15
Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 24:20
Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 25:1
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 26:1
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 27:1
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 27:32
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Ezek. 28:1
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 28:11
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 28:20
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 29:1
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 29:17
And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 30:1
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 30:20
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 31:1
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 32:1
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 32:17
It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 33:1
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 33:10
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

Ezek. 33:21
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Ezek. 33:23
Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 33:24
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

Ezek. 33:30
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.

Ezek. 34:1
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 35:1
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 35:12
And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

Ezek. 36:16
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 37:15
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 37:18
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

Ezek. 38:1
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,