Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'find' occurs 214 times in the standard works.

36 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'find' in the standard works and contain 16.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 6:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 7:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

John 7:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 109 20 129
Gen. 12 3 15
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 6 0 6
Judg. 4 0 4
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 9 0 9
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Ezra 2 0 2
Job 7 2 9
Ps. 5 1 6
Prov. 13 9 22
Eccl. 11 1 12
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 3 1 4
Jer. 6 0 6
Lam. 2 1 3
Ezek. 0 1 1
Dan. 4 0 4
Hosea 4 1 5
Amos 1 0 1
NT 47 19 66
BM 31 4 35
DC 26 0 26
PGP 1 4 5
TOTAL 214 47 261

Gen. 18:26
And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Gen. 18:28
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Gen. 18:30
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Gen. 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

Gen. 32:5
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

Gen. 32:19
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

Gen. 33:8
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

Gen. 33:15
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

Gen. 34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

Gen. 38:22
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

Gen. 41:38
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

Gen. 47:25
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.