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 Jn. 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

1 Jn. 3:3
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

1 Jn. 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1 Jn. 4:2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

1 Jn. 4:3
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

1 Jn. 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

1 Jn. 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.