Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'make' occurs 1313 times in the standard works.

436 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'make' in the standard works and contain 33.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 183 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 25:17-29 (13 in 13 verses)

Ex. 25:39-26:11 (13 in 13 verses)

Ex. 26:36-27:9 (12 in 11 verses)

Ex. 28:36-42 (7 in 7 verses)

Ex. 28:39-29:2 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 17:9-12 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 28:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 30:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 1:16-20 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 6:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 22:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 28:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 17:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 30:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 20:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 30:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 5:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Nahum 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 34:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 98:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 26:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 9:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:47 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 70:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 70:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 41:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 66:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 95:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.




Isa. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 50:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 9:17-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 65:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 909 145 1054
Gen. 47 0 47
Ex. 140 1 141
Lev. 65 3 68
Num. 37 0 37
Deut. 39 7 46
Josh. 14 0 14
Judg. 5 1 6
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 24 3 27
2 Sam. 14 2 16
1 Kgs. 21 0 21
2 Kgs. 14 0 14
1 Chr. 13 0 13
2 Chr. 20 0 20
Ezra 8 0 8
Neh. 7 0 7
Esth. 7 0 7
Job 33 19 52
Ps. 69 30 99
Prov. 13 21 34
Eccl. 3 5 8
Song. 2 1 3
Isa. 85 25 110
Jer. 73 11 84
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 70 2 72
Dan. 28 5 33
Hosea 11 1 12
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 4 3 7
Micah 11 0 11
Nahum 9 1 10
Hab. 5 4 9
Zeph. 4 0 4
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 7 0 7
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 146 30 176
BM 176 15 191
DC 63 12 75
PGP 19 1 20
TOTAL 1313 203 1516

Ps. 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Ps. 5:8
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

Ps. 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Ps. 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Ps. 11:2
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Ps. 18:32
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

Ps. 18:33
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

Ps. 21:9
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Ps. 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Ps. 22:9
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

Ps. 23:2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Ps. 29:6
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

Ps. 29:9
The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

Ps. 31:16
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. 33:10
The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Ps. 34:2
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

Ps. 36:8
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Ps. 38:22
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Ps. 39:4
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

Ps. 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Ps. 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Ps. 40:4
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Ps. 40:13
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.

Ps. 40:17
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Ps. 41:3
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Ps. 44:10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Ps. 44:13
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Ps. 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

Ps. 45:16
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

Ps. 45:17
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

Ps. 46:4
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

Ps. 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Ps. 51:6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Ps. 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Ps. 55:2
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

Ps. 57:1
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

Ps. 59:6
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Ps. 59:14
And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Ps. 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

Ps. 65:8
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

Ps. 65:10
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

Ps. 66:1
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

Ps. 66:2
Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

Ps. 66:8
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

Ps. 69:23
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Ps. 70:1
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.

Ps. 70:5
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.

Ps. 71:12
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

Ps. 71:16
I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

Ps. 78:5
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

Ps. 80:6
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Ps. 81:1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Ps. 83:2
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Ps. 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

Ps. 83:13
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Ps. 83:15
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

Ps. 84:6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Ps. 87:4
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

Ps. 89:1
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Ps. 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Ps. 89:29
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Ps. 90:15
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Ps. 95:1
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Ps. 95:2
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Ps. 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Ps. 98:4
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Ps. 98:6
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.

Ps. 100:1
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

Ps. 104:3
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Ps. 104:4
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

Ps. 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

Ps. 104:17
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

Ps. 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Ps. 105:1
O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

Ps. 106:8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

Ps. 107:29
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

Ps. 107:36
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

Ps. 107:41
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

Ps. 110:1
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Ps. 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 115:8
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

Ps. 119:27
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

Ps. 119:35
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Ps. 119:135
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Ps. 132:17
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

Ps. 135:7
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

Ps. 135:18
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.

Ps. 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

Ps. 141:1
Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

Ps. 142:1
I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

Ps. 144:3
Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Ps. 145:12
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

Ps. 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Ps. 147:14
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.