Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'canst' occurs 68 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'canst' in the standard works and contain 33.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Job 38:31-35 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 11:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)


D&C 19:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

 19:39 Behold, canst thou read this without rejoicing and lifting up thy heart for gladness?

 19:40 Or canst thou run about longer as a blind guide?

 19:41 Or canst thou be humble and meek, and conduct thyself wisely before me? Yea, come unto me thy Savior. Amen.




Isa. 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 39:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 40 0 40
NT 11 0 11
BM 10 0 10
DC 4 0 4
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 68 0 68

D&C 19:39
Behold, canst thou read this without rejoicing and lifting up thy heart for gladness?

D&C 19:40
Or canst thou run about longer as a blind guide?

D&C 19:41
Or canst thou be humble and meek, and conduct thyself wisely before me? Yea, come unto me thy Savior. Amen.

D&C 136:25
If thou borrowest of thy neighbor, thou shalt restore that which thou hast borrowed; and if thou canst not repay then go straightway and tell thy neighbor, lest he condemn thee.