Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'certain' occurs 213 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'certain' in the standard works and contain 12.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 10:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 60 34 94
NT 136 7 143
Matt. 10 0 10
Mark 11 0 11
Luke 43 2 45
John 5 0 5
Acts 58 2 60
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 1 2 3
Gal. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 1 1 2
Heb. 4 0 4
Jude 1 0 1
BM 11 1 12
DC 4 4 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 213 46 259

Luke 1:4
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Luke 5:12
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Luke 5:17
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Luke 6:2
And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

Luke 7:2
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.

Luke 7:41
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

Luke 8:2
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

Luke 8:20
And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Luke 8:22
Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

Luke 8:27
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

Luke 9:57
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Luke 10:25
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 10:30
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:31
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Luke 10:33
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

Luke 10:38
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Luke 11:1
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Luke 11:27
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

Luke 11:37
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

Luke 12:16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Luke 13:6
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Luke 13:31
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

Luke 14:2
And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

Luke 14:16
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

Luke 15:11
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

Luke 16:1
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

Luke 16:19
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

Luke 16:20
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

Luke 17:12
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

Luke 18:9
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Luke 18:18
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 18:35
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

Luke 19:12
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Luke 20:9
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

Luke 20:27
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

Luke 20:39
Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

Luke 21:2
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

Luke 22:56
But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

Luke 23:19
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

Luke 23:47
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

Luke 24:1
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

Luke 24:22
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

Luke 24:24
And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.