Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'down' occurs 1614 times in the standard works.

546 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'down' in the standard works and contain 33.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 229 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 1:6-16 (11 in 11 verses)

Judg. 6:25-32 (9 in 8 verses)

Judg. 7:4-11 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 47:10-14 (8 in 5 verses)

Alma 51:17-22 (7 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 32:24-30 (7 in 7 verses)

Ruth 3:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Ruth 4:1-2 (5 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 3:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 3:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 63:18-64:3 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 31:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 133:40-44 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 11:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 25:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 34:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 26:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 32:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

John 10:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 18:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:23 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 30:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

John 6:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 20:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lam. 3:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 8:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 5:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 25:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 7:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 27:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:59-31:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 49:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 51:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 57:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 135:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 39:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 10:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 23:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 107:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 133:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 22:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 45:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 22:55 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:51 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:57 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 46:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 3:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 42:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 74:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 146:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 26:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 46:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 63:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 24:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:35-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 892 6 898
Gen. 60 0 60
Ex. 27 0 27
Lev. 10 0 10
Num. 22 0 22
Deut. 35 0 35
Josh. 26 0 26
Judg. 61 0 61
Ruth 12 0 12
1 Sam. 54 0 54
2 Sam. 33 0 33
1 Kgs. 25 0 25
2 Kgs. 56 1 57
1 Chr. 7 0 7
2 Chr. 29 0 29
Ezra 4 0 4
Neh. 9 0 9
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 35 0 35
Ps. 85 1 86
Prov. 16 0 16
Eccl. 2 1 3
Song. 4 0 4
Isa. 97 1 98
Jer. 48 0 48
Lam. 12 0 12
Ezek. 54 2 56
Dan. 21 0 21
Hosea 3 0 3
Joel 6 0 6
Amos 6 0 6
Obad. 3 0 3
Jonah 4 0 4
Micah 9 0 9
Nahum 2 0 2
Zeph. 5 0 5
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 233 0 233
BM 391 0 391
DC 77 0 77
PGP 21 0 21
TOTAL 1614 6 1620

Ps. 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

Ps. 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Ps. 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

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

Ps. 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Ps. 14:2
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Ps. 17:11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Ps. 17:13
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

Ps. 18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

Ps. 18:27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Ps. 20:8
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Ps. 22:29
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Ps. 23:2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Ps. 28:1
Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Ps. 30:3
O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Ps. 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Ps. 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Ps. 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Ps. 36:12
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Ps. 37:2
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Ps. 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Ps. 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Ps. 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Ps. 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Ps. 42:6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Ps. 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Ps. 43:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Ps. 44:5
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

Ps. 44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Ps. 50:1
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Ps. 53:2
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Ps. 55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Ps. 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Ps. 56:7
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Ps. 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Ps. 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Ps. 59:15
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

Ps. 60:12
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Ps. 62:4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Ps. 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

Ps. 72:11
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Ps. 73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Ps. 74:6
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

Ps. 74:7
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

Ps. 75:7
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Ps. 78:16
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Ps. 78:24
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Ps. 78:31
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

Ps. 80:12
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Ps. 80:14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Ps. 80:16
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Ps. 85:11
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Ps. 86:1
Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

Ps. 88:4
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

Ps. 89:23
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

Ps. 89:40
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Ps. 89:44
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Ps. 90:6
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Ps. 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Ps. 102:10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

Ps. 102:19
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

Ps. 104:8
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

Ps. 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

Ps. 104:22
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

Ps. 107:12
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

Ps. 107:23
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

Ps. 107:26
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

Ps. 108:13
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Ps. 109:23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Ps. 113:3
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.

Ps. 115:17
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Ps. 119:118
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Ps. 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Ps. 133:2
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

Ps. 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Ps. 139:3
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

Ps. 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Ps. 143:7
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Ps. 144:5
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Ps. 145:14
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Ps. 146:8
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

Ps. 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Ps. 147:6
The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.