Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rest' occurs 354 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rest' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Heb. 4:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezra 4:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 4:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 23:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:27-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 231 208 439
Gen. 4 19 23
Ex. 11 16 27
Lev. 11 5 16
Num. 2 10 12
Deut. 7 6 13
Josh. 13 1 14
Judg. 5 5 10
Ruth 3 3 6
1 Sam. 2 8 10
2 Sam. 6 4 10
1 Kgs. 15 11 26
2 Kgs. 25 9 34
1 Chr. 13 0 13
2 Chr. 18 8 26
Ezra 9 1 10
Neh. 9 3 12
Esth. 2 3 5
Job 8 11 19
Ps. 11 24 35
Prov. 3 3 6
Eccl. 2 1 3
Song. 1 3 4
Isa. 21 23 44
Jer. 9 12 21
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 8 11 19
Dan. 4 1 5
Hosea 0 1 1
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 0 1 1
Micah 1 3 4
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 1 4
NT 44 42 86
BM 47 108 155
DC 22 48 70
PGP 10 6 16
TOTAL 354 412 766

Job 3:13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Job 3:18
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

Job 3:26
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

Job 7:14
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

Job 10:6
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

Job 11:18
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Job 14:6
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Job 14:16
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

Job 15:4
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

Job 15:8
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Job 16:3
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

Job 17:16
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 20:18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

Job 24:23
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

Job 30:17
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

Job 30:27
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.