Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thing' occurs 743 times in the standard works.

170 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thing' in the standard works and contain 22.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 72 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 15:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Moro. 7:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 10:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:26-41:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 6:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 13:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 13:57-59 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 30:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 6:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 28:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 430 565 995
NT 119 861 980
BM 143 1005 1148
DC 35 512 547
PGP 16 99 115
Moses 9 53 62
Abr. 4 14 18
JS-M 0 8 8
JS-H 3 17 20
A of F 0 7 7
TOTAL 743 3042 3785

Abr. 1:29
Now, after the priest of Elkenah was smitten that he died, there came a fulfilment of those things which were said unto me concerning the land of Chaldea, that there should be a famine in the land.

Abr. 1:31
But the records of the fathers, even the patriarchs, concerning the right of Priesthood, the Lord my God preserved in mine own hands; therefore a knowledge of the beginning of the creation, and also of the planets, and of the stars, as they were made known unto the fathers, have I kept even unto this day, and I shall endeavor to write some of these things upon this record, for the benefit of my posterity that shall come after me.

Abr. 3:12
And he said unto me: My son, my son (and his hand was stretched out), behold I will show you all these. And he put his hand upon mine eyes, and I saw those things which his hands had made, which were many; and they multiplied before mine eyes, and I could not see the end thereof.

Abr. 3:15
And the Lord said unto me: Abraham, I show these things unto thee before ye go into Egypt, that ye may declare all these words.

Abr. 3:16
If two things exist, and there be one above the other, there shall be greater things above them; therefore Kolob is the greatest of all the Kokaubeam that thou hast seen, because it is nearest unto me.

Abr. 3:17
Now, if there be two things, one above the other, and the moon be above the earth, then it may be that a planet or a star may exist above it; and there is nothing that the Lord thy God shall take in his heart to do but what he will do it.

Abr. 3:25
And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;

Abr. 4:2
And the earth, after it was formed, was empty and desolate, because they had not formed anything but the earth; and darkness reigned upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of the Gods was brooding upon the face of the waters.

Abr. 4:18
And the Gods watched those things which they had ordered until they obeyed.

Abr. 4:24
And the Gods prepared the earth to bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so, as they had said.

Abr. 4:25
And the Gods organized the earth to bring forth the beasts after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind; and the Gods saw they would obey.

Abr. 4:26
And the Gods took counsel among themselves and said: Let us go down and form man in our image, after our likeness; and we will give them dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Abr. 4:28
And the Gods said: We will bless them. And the Gods said: We will cause them to be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and to have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Abr. 4:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, behold, we will give them life, and also we will give to them every green herb for meat, and all these things shall be thus organized.

Abr. 4:31
And the Gods said: We will do everything that we have said, and organize them; and behold, they shall be very obedient. And it came to pass that it was from evening until morning they called night; and it came to pass that it was from morning until evening that they called day; and they numbered the sixth time.