Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'understand' occurs 181 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'understand' in the standard works and contain 30.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 77:2-14 (18 in 13 verses)

Matt. 13:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 113:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 145 208
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 0 3 3
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 3 4 7
1 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 0 5 5
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 3 4
2 Chr. 0 3 3
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 4 2 6
Job 5 19 24
Ps. 9 15 24
Prov. 10 56 66
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 11 9 20
Jer. 1 6 7
Ezek. 1 1 2
Dan. 11 12 23
Hosea 2 1 3
Obad. 0 2 2
Micah 1 0 1
NT 28 30 58
BM 46 22 68
DC 42 17 59
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 181 216 397

Ps. 32:9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Ps. 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

Ps. 49:3
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Ps. 49:20
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Ps. 111:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Ps. 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Ps. 119:73
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Ps. 119:99
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

Ps. 119:104
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

Ps. 119:125
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Ps. 119:144
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Ps. 119:169
Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.

Ps. 139:2
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Ps. 147:5
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.