Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'amen' occurs 275 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'amen' in the standard works and contain 13.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 27:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

D&C 23:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 5:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 72:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:80 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:7-120:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 27 98 125
Gen. 0 10 10
Ex. 0 3 3
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 12 0 12
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Sam. 0 4 4
2 Sam. 0 4 4
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Neh. 3 0 3
Ps. 7 3 10
Prov. 0 3 3
Isa. 0 8 8
Jer. 1 21 22
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 0 23 23
Dan. 0 2 2
Joel 0 2 2
Amos 0 3 3
Micah 0 2 2
NT 51 22 73
BM 42 26 68
DC 151 22 173
PGP 4 14 18
TOTAL 275 182 457

Gen. 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Gen. 1:7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Gen. 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Gen. 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Gen. 1:15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Gen. 1:17
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Gen. 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Gen. 50:10
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

Ex. 33:4
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

Ex. 33:5
For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

Ex. 33:6
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

Lev. 5:16
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

Num. 5:22
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Deut. 27:15
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Deut. 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:17
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:18
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:21
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:22
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:23
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:24
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:25
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:26
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Judg. 8:21
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

Judg. 8:26
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

Judg. 11:40
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

1 Sam. 6:19
And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

1 Sam. 7:2
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

1 Sam. 25:1
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

1 Sam. 28:3
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

2 Sam. 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

2 Sam. 1:24
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

2 Sam. 3:33
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

1 Kgs. 1:36
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.

1 Chr. 16:36
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord.

2 Chr. 34:10
And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house:

2 Chr. 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

Neh. 5:13
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

Neh. 8:6
And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Ps. 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Ps. 41:13
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Ps. 72:19
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

Ps. 78:64
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Ps. 89:52
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Ps. 106:48
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 150:1
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

Prov. 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Prov. 4:9
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Prov. 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Isa. 3:18
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,

Isa. 3:20
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

Isa. 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

Isa. 19:8
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Isa. 30:22
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

Isa. 32:12
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

Isa. 49:18
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

Isa. 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Jer. 2:32
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jer. 4:8
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

Jer. 4:30
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

Jer. 6:26
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Jer. 7:3
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Jer. 7:5
For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

Jer. 7:29
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Jer. 9:10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

Jer. 9:20
Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

Jer. 16:4
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Jer. 16:5
For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.

Jer. 16:6
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

Jer. 22:18
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Jer. 25:33
And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

Jer. 26:13
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

Jer. 28:6
Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.

Jer. 31:15
Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

Jer. 34:5
But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.

Jer. 35:15
I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

Jer. 48:38
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.

Jer. 49:3
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

Lam. 2:5
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Lam. 2:8
The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

Ezek. 1:22
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

Ezek. 1:23
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

Ezek. 1:25
And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

Ezek. 1:26
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

Ezek. 2:10
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

Ezek. 7:20
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

Ezek. 10:1
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Ezek. 16:7
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

Ezek. 16:11
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

Ezek. 19:1
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

Ezek. 19:14
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Ezek. 23:40
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,

Ezek. 26:17
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

Ezek. 27:2
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

Ezek. 27:32
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Ezek. 28:12
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Ezek. 32:2
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Ezek. 32:16
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.

Dan. 6:20
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

Dan. 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Joel 1:8
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Joel 1:13
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Amos 5:1
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

Amos 5:16
Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

Micah 2:4
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.