Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'read' occurs 131 times in the standard works.

59 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'read' in the standard works and contain 45% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 1:11-14 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 27:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 27:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 25:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Col. 4:16 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 646 688
Gen. 0 41 41
Ex. 1 71 72
Lev. 0 42 42
Num. 0 21 21
Deut. 2 25 27
Josh. 2 5 7
Judg. 0 14 14
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 0 25 25
2 Sam. 0 19 19
1 Kgs. 0 34 34
2 Kgs. 6 12 18
1 Chr. 0 12 12
2 Chr. 3 25 28
Ezra 2 5 7
Neh. 5 10 15
Esth. 1 2 3
Job 0 30 30
Ps. 0 30 30
Prov. 0 18 18
Eccl. 0 9 9
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 4 49 53
Jer. 11 19 30
Lam. 0 7 7
Ezek. 0 71 71
Dan. 5 8 13
Hosea 0 8 8
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 0 6 6
Obad. 0 1 1
Micah 0 5 5
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 4 4
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 5 5
Mal. 0 6 6
NT 28 176 204
BM 52 96 148
DC 7 41 48
PGP 2 15 17
TOTAL 131 974 1105

Judg. 6:19
And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

Judg. 7:13
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

Judg. 8:5
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

Judg. 8:6
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

Judg. 8:15
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

Judg. 8:25
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

Judg. 13:15
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

Judg. 13:16
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.

Judg. 15:9
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Judg. 16:9
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

Judg. 16:12
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

Judg. 19:5
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

Judg. 19:19
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

Judg. 20:16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.