Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'eye' occurs 176 times in the standard works.

78 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'eye' in the standard works and contain 44.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 6:41-42 (6 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:3-5 (6 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 14:3-5 (6 in 3 verses)

Ex. 21:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 15:29-16:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 19:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:34 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 24:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:98 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 81 508 589
NT 36 92 128
BM 36 101 137
1 Ne. 0 18 18
2 Ne. 1 25 26
Jacob 2 0 2
Omni 0 1 1
Mosiah 8 11 19
Alma 4 14 18
Hel. 0 7 7
3 Ne. 19 16 35
Morm. 1 3 4
Ether 1 6 7
DC 21 49 70
PGP 2 28 30
TOTAL 176 778 954

2 Ne. 9:44
O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all men shall be judged of their works, that the God of Israel did witness that I shook your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with brightness before him, and am rid of your blood.

Jacob 2:10
But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do according to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning your wickedness and abominations, in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God.

Jacob 2:15
O that he would show you that he can pierce you, and with one glance of his eye he can smite you to the dust!

Mosiah 12:22
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion;

Mosiah 15:29
Yea, Lord, thy watchmen shall lift up their voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

Mosiah 16:1
And now, it came to pass that after Abinadi had spoken these words he stretched forth his hand and said: The time shall come when all shall see the salvation of the Lord; when every nation, kindred, tongue, and people shall see eye to eye and shall confess before God that his judgments are just.

Mosiah 18:21
And he commanded them that there should be no contention one with another, but that they should look forward with one eye, having one faith and one baptism, having their hearts knit together in unity and in love one towards another.

Mosiah 27:31
Yea, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess before him. Yea, even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be judged of him, then shall they confess that he is God; then shall they confess, who live without God in the world, that the judgment of an everlasting punishment is just upon them; and they shall quake, and tremble, and shrink beneath the glance of his all-searching eye.

Alma 5:15
Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who created you? Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised in immortality, and this corruption raised in incorruption, to stand before God to be judged according to the deeds which have been done in the mortal body?

Alma 32:40
And thus, if ye will not nourish the word, looking forward with an eye of faith to the fruit thereof, ye can never pluck of the fruit of the tree of life.

Alma 36:26
For because of the word which he has imparted unto me, behold, many have been born of God, and have tasted as I have tasted, and have seen eye to eye as I have seen; therefore they do know of these things of which I have spoken, as I do know; and the knowledge which I have is of God.

3 Ne. 7:15
And it came to pass that Nephi-- having been visited by angels and also the voice of the Lord, therefore having seen angels, and being eye-witness, and having had power given unto him that he might know concerning the ministry of Christ, and also being eye-witness to their quick return from righteousness unto their wickedness and abominations;

3 Ne. 12:38
And behold, it is written, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth;

3 Ne. 13:22
The light of the body is the eye; if, therefore, thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

3 Ne. 13:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

3 Ne. 14:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

3 Ne. 14:4
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me pull the mote out of thine eye-- and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

3 Ne. 14:5
Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye.

3 Ne. 16:18
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing, for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

3 Ne. 17:16
And after this manner do they bear record: The eye hath never seen, neither hath the ear heard, before, so great and marvelous things as we saw and heard Jesus speak unto the Father;

3 Ne. 20:32
Then shall their watchmen lift up their voice, and with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye.

3 Ne. 28:8
And ye shall never endure the pains of death; but when I shall come in my glory ye shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye from mortality to immortality; and then shall ye be blessed in the kingdom of my Father.

Morm. 8:15
For none can have power to bring it to light save it be given him of God; for God wills that it shall be done with an eye single to his glory, or the welfare of the ancient and long dispersed covenant people of the Lord.

Ether 12:19
And there were many whose faith was so exceedingly strong, even before Christ came, who could not be kept from within the veil, but truly saw with their eyes the things which they had beheld with an eye of faith, and they were glad.