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

Ps. 2:5
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Ps. 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Ps. 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Ps. 12:3
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Ps. 15:2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Ps. 17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Ps. 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Ps. 29:9
The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

Ps. 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Ps. 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Ps. 35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Ps. 35:28
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Ps. 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Ps. 38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Ps. 40:5
Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Ps. 41:5
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

Ps. 41:6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Ps. 45:1
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Ps. 49:3
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Ps. 50:7
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

Ps. 50:20
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Ps. 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Ps. 52:3
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

Ps. 58:1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Ps. 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Ps. 59:12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

Ps. 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Ps. 69:12
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Ps. 71:10
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

Ps. 73:8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Ps. 73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Ps. 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

Ps. 77:4
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Ps. 85:8
I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

Ps. 94:4
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Ps. 109:20
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Ps. 115:5
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

Ps. 115:7
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Ps. 119:23
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

Ps. 119:46
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Ps. 119:172
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Ps. 120:7
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

Ps. 127:5
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Ps. 135:16
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

Ps. 139:20
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Ps. 140:11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Ps. 144:8
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Ps. 144:11
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

Ps. 145:5
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

Ps. 145:6
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

Ps. 145:11
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

Ps. 145:21
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.