Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'very' occurs 396 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'very' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 24:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 97:18 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 123:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 18:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:44 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 210 960 1170
Gen. 18 91 109
Ex. 10 69 79
Lev. 0 35 35
Num. 7 86 93
Deut. 9 32 41
Josh. 13 11 24
Judg. 5 25 30
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 18 28 46
2 Sam. 12 20 32
1 Kgs. 10 27 37
2 Kgs. 3 28 31
1 Chr. 5 21 26
2 Chr. 12 39 51
Ezra 2 7 9
Neh. 5 20 25
Esth. 1 26 27
Job 4 22 26
Ps. 17 35 52
Prov. 2 21 23
Eccl. 0 14 14
Song. 0 4 4
Isa. 16 60 76
Jer. 14 94 108
Lam. 1 3 4
Ezek. 9 89 98
Dan. 5 6 11
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 2 2 4
Amos 1 6 7
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 1 3 4
Micah 0 3 3
Hab. 2 1 3
Zeph. 0 4 4
Hag. 0 3 3
Zech. 5 19 24
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 47 280 327
BM 73 233 306
DC 46 139 185
PGP 20 53 73
TOTAL 396 1665 2061

Ps. 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Ps. 7:11
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Ps. 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Ps. 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Ps. 29:9
The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

Ps. 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Ps. 32:6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Ps. 35:8
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Ps. 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Ps. 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Ps. 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Ps. 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Ps. 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Ps. 50:10
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Ps. 53:3
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Ps. 56:5
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Ps. 58:8
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Ps. 62:12
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Ps. 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Ps. 64:6
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

Ps. 65:12
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

Ps. 68:30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Ps. 69:34
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Ps. 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Ps. 71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

Ps. 71:21
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

Ps. 73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Ps. 79:8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

Ps. 84:7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

Ps. 89:2
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Ps. 92:2
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

Ps. 92:5
O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Ps. 93:5
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.

Ps. 104:1
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Ps. 104:11
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

Ps. 105:12
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

Ps. 115:8
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

Ps. 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

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

Ps. 119:107
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

Ps. 119:128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Ps. 119:138
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

Ps. 119:140
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

Ps. 119:160
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Ps. 128:1
Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

Ps. 135:18
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.

Ps. 142:6
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

Ps. 145:2
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Ps. 145:16
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

Ps. 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Ps. 147:15
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

Ps. 150:6
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.