Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'greater' occurs 140 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'greater' in the standard works and contain 23.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 1:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 82:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 33 0 33
NT 44 0 44
Matt. 8 0 8
Mark 3 0 3
Luke 7 0 7
John 13 0 13
Acts 1 0 1
1 Cor. 2 0 2
Heb. 4 0 4
James 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 3 0 3
3 Jn. 1 0 1
BM 32 0 32
DC 19 0 19
PGP 12 0 12
TOTAL 140 0 140

Heb. 6:13
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Heb. 6:16
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Heb. 9:11
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Heb. 11:26
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.