Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'laid' occurs 355 times in the standard works.

47 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'laid' in the standard works and contain 13.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezra 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 38:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 23:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 23:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:25 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:71 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


Esth. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

 9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,




Mark 15:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 194 35 229
Gen. 13 0 13
Ex. 8 14 22
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 12 10 22
2 Kgs. 10 1 11
2 Chr. 9 8 17
Ezra 8 0 8
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 19 1 20
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 20 0 20
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 16 0 16
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 85 1 86
BM 52 0 52
DC 15 0 15
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 355 36 391

Esth. 8:7
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

Esth. 9:10
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

Esth. 9:15
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

Esth. 9:16
But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

Esth. 10:1
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.