Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'praise' occurs 276 times in the standard works.

113 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'praise' in the standard works and contain 40.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 48 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 147:20-150:6 (31 in 30 verses)

Ps. 67:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 116:19-117:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 135:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 145:21-146:2 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 20:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 138:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 113:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 146:10-147:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 105:45-106:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 33:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 56:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 109:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 111:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 147:12 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 11:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 22:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 42:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 43:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 107:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 111:10-112:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 115:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 220 53 273
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 0 1 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 0 3 3
1 Chr. 6 3 9
2 Chr. 9 5 14
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 3 1 4
Ps. 158 28 186
Prov. 4 2 6
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 15 3 18
Jer. 11 0 11
Dan. 2 3 5
Joel 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
NT 26 3 29
BM 23 9 32
DC 7 1 8
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 276 67 343

Ex. 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Judg. 16:24
And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

2 Sam. 14:25
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

2 Sam. 22:4
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

2 Sam. 22:50
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

1 Chr. 16:25
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

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.

1 Chr. 23:5
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

2 Chr. 5:13
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;

2 Chr. 7:3
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chr. 7:6
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

2 Chr. 29:30
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

2 Chr. 30:21
And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the Lord.

Ezra 3:11
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

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.

Ps. 9:11
Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

Ps. 18:3
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Ps. 18:49
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

Ps. 22:3
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Ps. 27:6
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

Ps. 47:6
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Ps. 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

Ps. 48:1
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Ps. 56:12
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

Ps. 68:4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

Ps. 68:32
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

Ps. 72:15
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

Ps. 75:9
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

Ps. 78:4
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

Ps. 92:1
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

Ps. 96:4
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

Ps. 108:3
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

Ps. 113:3
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.

Ps. 135:3
Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

Ps. 144:9
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

Ps. 145:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

Ps. 146:2
While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Ps. 147:1
Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Ps. 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Ps. 149:6
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;

Prov. 31:28
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Prov. 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Eccl. 4:2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Song. 6:9
My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

Isa. 60:6
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.

Isa. 63:7
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Isa. 64:11
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Dan. 4:34
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

Dan. 5:4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Dan. 5:23
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: