Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'eye' occurs 176 times in the standard works.

78 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'eye' in the standard works and contain 44.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 6:41-42 (6 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:3-5 (6 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 14:3-5 (6 in 3 verses)

Ex. 21:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 15:29-16:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 19:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:34 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 24:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:98 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 81 508 589
NT 36 92 128
Matt. 16 12 28
Mark 4 6 10
Luke 10 11 21
John 0 19 19
Acts 0 14 14
Rom. 0 5 5
1 Cor. 5 0 5
Gal. 0 2 2
Eph. 0 2 2
Philip. 0 1 1
Col. 0 1 1
Heb. 0 2 2
1 Pet. 0 2 2
2 Pet. 0 2 2
1 Jn. 0 3 3
Rev. 1 10 11
BM 36 101 137
DC 21 49 70
PGP 2 28 30
TOTAL 176 778 954

Matt. 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matt. 5:38
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Matt. 6:22
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Matt. 6:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matt. 7:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Matt. 7:4
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

Matt. 7:5
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Matt. 9:29
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

Matt. 9:30
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

Matt. 13:15
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Matt. 13:16
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

Matt. 17:8
And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

Matt. 18:9
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Matt. 19:24
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Matt. 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Matt. 20:33
They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

Matt. 20:34
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Matt. 21:42
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Matt. 26:43
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.