Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cunning' occurs 60 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cunning' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

 2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.




Ex. 35:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 0 32
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 13 0 13
1 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Ps. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
NT 1 1 2
BM 24 0 24
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 60 1 61

2 Chr. 2:7
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

2 Chr. 2:13
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

2 Chr. 2:14
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

2 Chr. 26:15
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.