Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'stand' occurs 448 times in the standard works.

81 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'stand' in the standard works and contain 18.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 30:4-12 (9 in 9 verses)

Dan. 11:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 3:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 31:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 3:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 38:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 22:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 17:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:109 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:100 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:56 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 27:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 220 313 533
Gen. 3 3 6
Ex. 10 9 19
Lev. 5 3 8
Num. 17 20 37
Deut. 13 14 27
Josh. 10 2 12
Judg. 2 5 7
1 Sam. 7 6 13
2 Sam. 2 1 3
1 Kgs. 6 9 15
2 Kgs. 5 3 8
1 Chr. 2 4 6
2 Chr. 7 10 17
Ezra 3 2 5
Neh. 2 6 8
Esth. 2 4 6
Job 7 24 31
Ps. 25 33 58
Prov. 6 67 73
Eccl. 2 2 4
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 18 28 46
Jer. 17 13 30
Ezek. 13 3 16
Dan. 25 27 52
Hosea 0 3 3
Amos 1 1 2
Obad. 0 2 2
Micah 1 4 5
Nahum 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 4 4 8
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 54 112 166
BM 109 168 277
DC 60 100 160
PGP 5 26 31
TOTAL 448 719 1167

1 Sam. 2:25
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

1 Sam. 6:20
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

1 Sam. 9:27
And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

1 Sam. 12:7
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.

1 Sam. 12:16
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.

1 Sam. 14:9
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

1 Sam. 16:22
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

1 Sam. 19:3
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

1 Sam. 19:20
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

1 Sam. 20:8
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

1 Sam. 22:6
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

1 Sam. 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Sam. 29:9
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.