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

Jer. 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jer. 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Jer. 6:23
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Jer. 6:24
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Jer. 8:5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jer. 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Jer. 50:42
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

Jer. 50:43
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.