Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'open' occurs 186 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'open' in the standard works and contain 10.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rev. 5:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 33:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 22:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:42 (2 in 1 verse)


Num. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.




Num. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 31:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 97 103 200
Gen. 2 13 15
Ex. 1 5 6
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 8 6 14
Deut. 4 1 5
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 0 6 6
1 Sam. 1 1 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 5 6 11
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 3 1 4
Neh. 2 4 6
Job 6 10 16
Ps. 8 13 21
Prov. 5 5 10
Song. 2 1 3
Isa. 12 10 22
Jer. 7 2 9
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 13 12 25
Dan. 2 2 4
Nahum 1 1 2
Zech. 2 1 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 27 80 107
BM 32 29 61
DC 23 39 62
PGP 7 6 13
TOTAL 186 257 443

Num. 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Num. 8:16
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

Num. 16:30
But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

Num. 16:32
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

Num. 18:15
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Num. 19:15
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

Num. 19:16
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Num. 22:28
And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

Num. 22:31
Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

Num. 24:3
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Num. 24:4
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Num. 24:15
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Num. 24:16
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Num. 26:10
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.