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

Josh. 2:2
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

Josh. 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

Josh. 3:11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

Josh. 5:13
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

Josh. 6:25
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Josh. 7:14
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.

Josh. 7:18
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

Josh. 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

Josh. 7:22
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

Josh. 8:4
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

Josh. 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

Josh. 9:12
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

Josh. 9:13
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

Josh. 9:25
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Josh. 14:10
And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

Josh. 22:11
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

Josh. 22:28
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

Josh. 23:4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

Josh. 23:14
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Josh. 24:27
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.