Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'chief' occurs 377 times in the standard works.

117 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'chief' in the standard works and contain 31% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 15:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 60:36-61:2 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:20-23 (5 in 4 verses)

Acts 22:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 3:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 43:44 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 23:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 24:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:31-27:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 12:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 19:47-20:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 23:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 36:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 7:28-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 172 56 228
Gen. 14 3 17
Ex. 0 4 4
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 13 0 13
Deut. 2 1 3
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 4 6
2 Sam. 6 1 7
1 Kgs. 4 2 6
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 54 0 54
2 Chr. 16 1 17
Ezra 17 0 17
Neh. 13 1 14
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 3 1 4
Ps. 3 15 18
Prov. 2 11 13
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 2 2 4
Jer. 5 0 5
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 5 9
Dan. 3 1 4
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 111 8 119
BM 94 7 101
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 377 71 448

Ps. 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Ps. 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Ps. 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Ps. 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Ps. 26:10
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Ps. 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Ps. 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Ps. 52:1
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Ps. 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Ps. 55:10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Ps. 62:3
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Ps. 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

Ps. 119:150
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Ps. 140:2
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Ps. 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.