Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'knew' occurs 284 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'knew' in the standard works and contain 17.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:24-25 (6 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 55:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 95 6 101
NT 74 5 79
BM 94 1 95
1 Ne. 19 1 20
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Jacob 4 0 4
Enos 2 0 2
Mosiah 12 0 12
Alma 33 0 33
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 12 0 12
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 4 0 4
DC 3 1 4
PGP 18 0 18
TOTAL 284 13 297

Hel. 8:18
Yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not only knew of these things, but there were many before the days of Abraham who were called by the order of God; yea, even after the order of his Son; and this that it should be shown unto the people, a great many thousand years before his coming, that even redemption should come unto them.

Hel. 9:8
And now behold, the people knew nothing concerning the multitude who had gathered together at the garden of Nephi; therefore they said among themselves: These men are they who have murdered the judge, and God has smitten them that they could not flee from us.

Hel. 11:23
And in the seventy and ninth year there began to be much strife. But it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi, and many of their brethren who knew concerning the true points of doctrine, having many revelations daily, therefore they did preach unto the people, insomuch that they did put an end to their strife in that same year.