Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hold' occurs 276 times in the standard works.

35 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hold' in the standard works and contain 12.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:49 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 41:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:123-124 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 139 1264 1403
Gen. 3 127 130
Ex. 8 43 51
Lev. 0 30 30
Num. 2 32 34
Deut. 4 26 30
Josh. 0 22 22
Judg. 6 45 51
Ruth 1 5 6
1 Sam. 4 82 86
2 Sam. 12 52 64
1 Kgs. 6 58 64
2 Kgs. 5 62 67
1 Chr. 4 8 12
2 Chr. 1 37 38
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 1 4 5
Esth. 1 4 5
Job 17 61 78
Ps. 13 53 66
Prov. 6 20 26
Eccl. 2 10 12
Song. 2 9 11
Isa. 16 113 129
Jer. 8 140 148
Lam. 0 10 10
Ezek. 4 117 121
Dan. 0 22 22
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 0 4 4
Amos 1 15 16
Obad. 0 1 1
Micah 2 5 7
Nahum 1 6 7
Hab. 1 7 8
Zeph. 1 3 4
Zech. 7 22 29
Mal. 0 6 6
NT 46 270 316
BM 43 1696 1739
DC 46 506 552
PGP 2 75 77
TOTAL 276 3811 4087

Gen. 19:16
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Gen. 21:18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Gen. 25:26
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.