Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'answer' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'answer' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Job 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 103 304 407
Gen. 3 17 20
Ex. 0 6 6
Num. 0 5 5
Deut. 4 2 6
Josh. 1 8 9
Judg. 1 12 13
Ruth 0 4 4
1 Sam. 2 48 50
2 Sam. 2 28 30
1 Kgs. 5 22 27
2 Kgs. 2 28 30
1 Chr. 0 4 4
2 Chr. 3 11 14
Ezra 3 2 5
Neh. 1 3 4
Esth. 2 6 8
Job 29 36 65
Ps. 8 6 14
Prov. 11 3 14
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 10 4 14
Jer. 6 7 13
Ezek. 3 2 5
Dan. 1 17 18
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Micah 1 1 2
Hab. 2 1 3
Hag. 0 3 3
Zech. 1 15 16
NT 28 244 272
BM 15 34 49
DC 17 7 24
PGP 1 6 7
TOTAL 164 595 759

Prov. 1:28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Prov. 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Prov. 15:23
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Prov. 15:28
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Prov. 16:1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

Prov. 22:21
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

Prov. 24:26
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

Prov. 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Prov. 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Prov. 27:11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Prov. 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.