Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'verily' occurs 604 times in the standard works.

294 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'verily' in the standard works and contain 48.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 109 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 20:46-21:3 (6 in 4 verses)

John 13:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 11:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 33:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 132:46-51 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 11:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 12:26 (4 in 1 verse)

John 5:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

John 3:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 39:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:64-66 (4 in 3 verses)

John 16:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 18:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 6:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 6:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 34:12-35:3 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 66:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 96:8-97:2 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 13:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:8-8:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 82:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:59-60 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 71:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 81:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:74-76 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 114:1-115:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 58:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:51 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:26 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:47 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:53 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:34 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:51 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:58 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:24 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:38 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

John 21:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:39 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:56 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 25:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 28:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 33:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 33:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 34:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 54:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 67:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 75:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 78:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:103 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 103:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:41 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:53-94:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 117:16-118:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:110-111 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 16 0 16
NT 124 0 124
Matt. 30 0 30
Mark 15 0 15
Luke 8 0 8
John 50 0 50
Acts 4 0 4
Rom. 3 0 3
1 Cor. 3 0 3
Gal. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
Heb. 7 0 7
1 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
BM 76 0 76
DC 385 0 385
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 604 0 604

Luke 4:24
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

Luke 11:51
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

Luke 12:37
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 13:35
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Luke 18:17
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

Luke 18:29
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

Luke 21:32
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

Luke 23:43
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.