Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'answer' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'answer' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Job 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 103 304 407
Gen. 3 17 20
Ex. 0 6 6
Num. 0 5 5
Deut. 4 2 6
Josh. 1 8 9
Judg. 1 12 13
Ruth 0 4 4
1 Sam. 2 48 50
2 Sam. 2 28 30
1 Kgs. 5 22 27
2 Kgs. 2 28 30
1 Chr. 0 4 4
2 Chr. 3 11 14
Ezra 3 2 5
Neh. 1 3 4
Esth. 2 6 8
Job 29 36 65
Ps. 8 6 14
Prov. 11 3 14
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 10 4 14
Jer. 6 7 13
Ezek. 3 2 5
Dan. 1 17 18
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Micah 1 1 2
Hab. 2 1 3
Hag. 0 3 3
Zech. 1 15 16
NT 28 244 272
BM 15 34 49
DC 17 7 24
PGP 1 6 7
TOTAL 164 595 759

Isa. 6:11
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

Isa. 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

Isa. 21:9
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

Isa. 30:19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

Isa. 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Isa. 39:4
Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

Isa. 41:28
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

Isa. 46:7
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

Isa. 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Isa. 58:9
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Isa. 65:12
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

Isa. 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Isa. 66:4
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.