Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'water' occurs 511 times in the standard works.

221 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'water' in the standard works and contain 43.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 94 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 5:17-27 (11 in 11 verses)

Lev. 15:5-13 (9 in 9 verses)

John 4:10-15 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 17:26-32 (7 in 7 verses)

Num. 19:17-21 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:17-22 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 6:59-64 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 18:12-15 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 24:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:43-45 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 19:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 20:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 8:36-39 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 19:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

John 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 3:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:73-74 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 26:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 17:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 15:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

John 2:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 27:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:92 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 15:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

James 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 326 295 621
Gen. 29 38 67
Ex. 30 19 49
Lev. 37 6 43
Num. 42 3 45
Deut. 15 7 22
Josh. 10 13 23
Judg. 11 3 14
1 Sam. 8 0 8
2 Sam. 6 4 10
1 Kgs. 19 0 19
2 Kgs. 14 9 23
1 Chr. 2 1 3
2 Chr. 2 2 4
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 8 1 9
Job 7 23 30
Ps. 14 45 59
Prov. 7 10 17
Eccl. 2 1 3
Song. 0 3 3
Isa. 24 35 59
Jer. 7 23 30
Lam. 4 1 5
Ezek. 16 34 50
Dan. 1 2 3
Hosea 3 0 3
Joel 1 2 3
Amos 2 3 5
Jonah 1 1 2
Micah 0 1 1
Nahum 1 2 3
Hab. 1 2 3
Zech. 1 1 2
NT 70 23 93
BM 72 81 153
DC 27 22 49
PGP 16 27 43
TOTAL 511 448 959

Neh. 3:26
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

Neh. 8:1
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

Neh. 8:3
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Neh. 8:16
So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

Neh. 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Neh. 9:15
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

Neh. 9:20
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

Neh. 12:37
And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

Neh. 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.