Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hearken' occurs 314 times in the standard works.

66 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hearken' in the standard works and contain 21% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 1:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 26:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 27:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 70:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 84 229
Gen. 5 7 12
Ex. 10 8 18
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 1 2 3
Deut. 20 7 27
Josh. 3 2 5
Judg. 7 3 10
1 Sam. 7 6 13
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 7 5 12
2 Kgs. 4 5 9
2 Chr. 7 6 13
Neh. 1 3 4
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 9 1 10
Ps. 6 3 9
Prov. 4 2 6
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 13 2 15
Jer. 23 18 41
Ezek. 4 1 5
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 8 1 9
BM 85 15 100
DC 66 7 73
PGP 10 10 20
TOTAL 314 117 431

Isa. 21:7
And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

Isa. 28:23
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Isa. 32:3
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

Isa. 34:1
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

Isa. 36:16
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Isa. 42:23
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

Isa. 46:3
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

Isa. 46:12
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

Isa. 48:12
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Isa. 48:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Isa. 49:1
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Isa. 51:1
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

Isa. 51:4
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

Isa. 51:7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

Isa. 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.