Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'speak' occurs 765 times in the standard works.

215 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'speak' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 84 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 29:8-30:1 (9 in 8 verses)

Deut. 18:18-20 (5 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 102:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 6:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 13:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 7:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

John 12:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 14:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 23:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 37:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 73:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 85:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 12:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 6:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:62 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 9:35-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 33:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 145:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 26:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:54-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 352 94 446
Gen. 15 3 18
Ex. 27 2 29
Lev. 24 0 24
Num. 32 3 35
Deut. 20 6 26
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 6 1 7
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 4 3 7
2 Sam. 16 2 18
1 Kgs. 11 1 12
2 Kgs. 4 1 5
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 6 1 7
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 2 1 3
Job 26 9 35
Ps. 44 11 55
Prov. 4 12 16
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 21 8 29
Jer. 36 16 52
Ezek. 28 3 31
Dan. 7 5 12
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 2 1 3
Zech. 6 3 9
NT 161 65 226
BM 182 59 241
DC 61 19 80
PGP 9 7 16
TOTAL 765 244 1009

Num. 5:6
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty;

Num. 5:12
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Num. 6:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:

Num. 6:23
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

Num. 7:89
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

Num. 8:2
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

Num. 9:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.

Num. 12:6
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

Num. 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Num. 14:15
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

Num. 15:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

Num. 15:18
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

Num. 15:38
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:

Num. 16:24
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

Num. 16:37
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

Num. 17:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

Num. 18:26
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.

Num. 19:2
This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

Num. 20:8
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

Num. 21:27
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

Num. 22:8
And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

Num. 22:35
And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Num. 22:38
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Num. 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

Num. 23:12
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

Num. 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?

Num. 27:7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

Num. 27:8
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

Num. 33:51
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

Num. 35:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;