Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'exceeding' occurs 104 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'exceeding' in the standard works and contain 3.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 26:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 34 28 62
NT 25 11 36
Matt. 8 1 9
Mark 3 2 5
Luke 1 0 1
Acts 1 3 4
Rom. 1 0 1
2 Cor. 3 1 4
Gal. 0 1 1
Eph. 3 0 3
1 Thes. 0 1 1
2 Thes. 0 1 1
1 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 0 1 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 42 267 309
DC 3 8 11
PGP 0 5 5
TOTAL 104 319 423

Matt. 2:10
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

Matt. 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

Matt. 4:8
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Matt. 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Matt. 8:28
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

Matt. 17:23
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

Matt. 19:25
When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

Matt. 26:22
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

Matt. 26:38
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Mark 4:41
And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

Mark 6:26
And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

Mark 9:3
And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

Mark 14:34
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

Mark 15:14
Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

Luke 23:8
And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

Acts 7:20
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

Acts 16:20
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

Acts 26:11
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

Acts 27:18
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

Rom. 7:13
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

2 Cor. 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

2 Cor. 7:4
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

2 Cor. 7:13
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

2 Cor. 9:14
And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

Gal. 1:14
And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

Eph. 1:19
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Eph. 2:7
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Eph. 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

1 Thes. 3:10
Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

2 Thes. 1:3
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

1 Tim. 1:14
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Heb. 12:21
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

1 Pet. 4:13
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

2 Pet. 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Rev. 16:21
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.