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

Isa. 34:14
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

Isa. 41:12
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Isa. 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

Isa. 58:13
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: