Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'able' occurs 198 times in the standard works.

29 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'able' in the standard works and contain 14.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 32:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 14:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 27:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 20:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 99 243 342
NT 61 156 217
Matt. 9 27 36
Mark 1 17 18
Luke 8 28 36
John 2 4 6
Acts 4 8 12
Rom. 5 10 15
1 Cor. 5 6 11
2 Cor. 3 5 8
Eph. 5 2 7
Philip. 1 2 3
Col. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 0 2 2
2 Thes. 0 3 3
1 Tim. 0 8 8
2 Tim. 4 3 7
Titus 1 4 5
Philem. 0 2 2
Heb. 4 10 14
James 3 3 6
1 Pet. 0 4 4
2 Pet. 1 4 5
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 4 2 6
BM 17 97 114
DC 19 83 102
PGP 2 14 16
TOTAL 198 593 791

Luke 1:20
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Luke 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Luke 12:26
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Luke 14:29
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Luke 14:30
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 21:15
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.