Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'build' occurs 271 times in the standard works.

98 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'build' in the standard works and contain 36.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 2:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 6:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 124:30-33 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 4:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 4:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 127:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:18-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Chr. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

 22:11 Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee.




1 Chr. 28:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 125:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 146 97 243
NT 16 25 41
BM 48 30 78
DC 61 22 83
PGP 0 3 3
TOTAL 271 177 448

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