Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'can' occurs 519 times in the standard works.

173 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'can' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 61 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 8:12-17 (8 in 6 verses)

Alma 5:16-21 (7 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 17:17 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:51-53 (4 in 3 verses)

Moro. 10:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Job 41:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 123:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:35 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:46 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 78:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

John 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 34:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

James 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 3:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 48:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:36 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

John 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 30:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 159 381 540
NT 76 136 212
Matt. 11 22 33
Mark 12 16 28
Luke 10 29 39
John 19 22 41
Acts 3 9 12
Rom. 2 2 4
1 Cor. 3 5 8
2 Cor. 1 3 4
Gal. 0 2 2
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 3 1 4
2 Tim. 0 2 2
Titus 0 2 2
Heb. 3 5 8
James 4 3 7
2 Pet. 0 2 2
1 Jn. 1 1 2
Rev. 2 10 12
BM 193 147 340
DC 79 103 182
PGP 12 25 37
TOTAL 519 792 1311

Matt. 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Matt. 5:15
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Matt. 5:36
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matt. 5:46
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Matt. 5:47
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Matt. 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matt. 7:18
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Matt. 8:2
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Matt. 9:10
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Matt. 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

Matt. 10:3
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Matt. 10:4
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Matt. 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Matt. 15:22
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Matt. 18:17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

Matt. 19:11
But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

Matt. 21:27
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Matt. 21:31
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Matt. 21:32
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Matt. 26:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Matt. 27:42
He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

Mark 1:40
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Mark 2:15
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

Mark 2:16
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

Mark 2:19
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Mark 3:18
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

Mark 3:24
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Mark 3:25
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Mark 3:26
And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

Mark 4:21
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

Mark 7:18
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

Mark 9:22
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

Mark 9:23
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Mark 11:33
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mark 15:31
Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

Luke 3:12
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

Luke 5:12
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Luke 5:27
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

Luke 5:29
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 6:42
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

Luke 7:29
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

Luke 7:34
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

Luke 8:16
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

Luke 11:7
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

Luke 11:33
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

Luke 11:36
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

Luke 13:33
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

Luke 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Luke 14:20
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:27
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:33
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 15:1
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

Luke 15:8
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

Luke 16:3
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 16:26
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Luke 18:10
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Luke 19:2
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

John 2:1
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

John 2:11
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

John 3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 4:46
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

John 7:34
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

John 7:36
What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

John 8:14
Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

John 8:21
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

John 8:22
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

John 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

John 10:35
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

John 13:33
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

John 13:36
Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

John 13:37
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

John 16:12
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

John 16:18
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

John 21:2
There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

Acts 4:16
Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Acts 6:5
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Acts 8:27
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

Acts 15:1
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Acts 19:36
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

Acts 21:37
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

Acts 27:31
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

Rom. 8:8
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Rom. 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

1 Cor. 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

1 Cor. 10:21
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

1 Cor. 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

1 Cor. 15:50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

2 Cor. 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

2 Cor. 12:3
And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

Gal. 3:17
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Gal. 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

1 Tim. 5:25
Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

2 Tim. 2:13
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

2 Tim. 2:17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Titus 2:8
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Heb. 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Heb. 9:2
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

Heb. 9:5
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

Heb. 12:27
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Heb. 12:28
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

James 4:2
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

James 5:3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

2 Pet. 1:9
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

2 Pet. 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

1 Jn. 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Rev. 1:12
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Rev. 1:13
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

Rev. 1:20
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Rev. 2:1
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

Rev. 2:2
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Rev. 2:5
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Rev. 11:4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Rev. 18:23
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

Rev. 22:5
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.