Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'open' occurs 186 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'open' in the standard works and contain 10.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Rev. 5:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 33:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 22:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 31:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 97 103 200
NT 27 80 107
Matt. 2 12 14
Mark 0 5 5
Luke 2 9 11
John 2 14 16
Acts 4 18 22
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 0 1 1
2 Cor. 2 1 3
Eph. 1 0 1
Col. 1 1 2
1 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 1 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 9 18 27
BM 32 29 61
DC 23 39 62
PGP 7 6 13
TOTAL 186 257 443

Rev. 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

Rev. 3:8
I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Rev. 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Rev. 4:1
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Rev. 5:2
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

Rev. 5:3
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

Rev. 5:4
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Rev. 5:5
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Rev. 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Rev. 6:1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

Rev. 6:3
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

Rev. 6:5
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

Rev. 6:7
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

Rev. 6:9
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Rev. 6:12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Rev. 8:1
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Rev. 9:2
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

Rev. 10:2
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

Rev. 10:8
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

Rev. 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Rev. 12:16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Rev. 13:6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

Rev. 15:5
And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

Rev. 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Rev. 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.