Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'very' occurs 396 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'very' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 24:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 97:18 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 123:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 18:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:44 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 210 960 1170
NT 47 280 327
Matt. 8 26 34
Mark 5 9 14
Luke 11 28 39
John 4 16 20
Acts 4 32 36
Rom. 2 18 20
1 Cor. 1 35 36
2 Cor. 4 12 16
Gal. 0 5 5
Eph. 0 8 8
Philip. 1 11 12
Col. 0 7 7
1 Thes. 2 4 6
2 Thes. 0 4 4
1 Tim. 0 3 3
2 Tim. 2 3 5
Titus 0 3 3
Philem. 0 1 1
Heb. 1 17 18
James 2 6 8
1 Pet. 0 4 4
1 Jn. 0 7 7
Rev. 0 21 21
BM 73 233 306
DC 46 139 185
PGP 20 53 73
TOTAL 396 1665 2061

1 Cor. 1:2
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

1 Cor. 1:5
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

1 Cor. 1:12
Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

1 Cor. 3:5
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

1 Cor. 3:8
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

1 Cor. 3:10
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

1 Cor. 3:13
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

1 Cor. 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

1 Cor. 4:17
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

1 Cor. 6:18
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

1 Cor. 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

1 Cor. 7:7
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Cor. 7:17
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

1 Cor. 7:20
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

1 Cor. 7:24
Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

1 Cor. 8:7
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

1 Cor. 9:25
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

1 Cor. 10:24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

1 Cor. 11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

1 Cor. 11:4
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

1 Cor. 11:5
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

1 Cor. 11:21
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

1 Cor. 12:7
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

1 Cor. 12:11
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

1 Cor. 12:18
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

1 Cor. 14:26
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

1 Cor. 15:23
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

1 Cor. 15:30
And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

1 Cor. 15:38
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

1 Cor. 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

1 Cor. 16:16
That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.