Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'measure' occurs 94 times in the standard works.

28 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'measure' in the standard works and contain 29.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Cor. 10:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 1:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:38 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 41 75 116
NT 28 10 38
BM 12 2 14
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 7 1 8
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 1 2
DC 12 1 13
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 94 88 182

2 Ne. 15:14
Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Mosiah 28:12
And this he did because of the great anxiety of his people; for they were desirous beyond measure to know concerning those people who had been destroyed.

Mosiah 29:40
And they did wax strong in love towards Mosiah; yea, they did esteem him more than any other man; for they did not look upon him as a tyrant who was seeking for gain, yea, for that lucre which doth corrupt the soul; for he had not exacted riches of them, neither had he delighted in the shedding of blood; but he had established peace in the land, and he had granted unto his people that they should be delivered from all manner of bondage; therefore they did esteem him, yea, exceedingly, beyond measure.

Alma 11:4
Now these are the names of the different pieces of their gold, and of their silver, according to their value. And the names are given by the Nephites, for they did not reckon after the manner of the Jews who were at Jerusalem; neither did they measure after the manner of the Jews; but they altered their reckoning and their measure, according to the minds and the circumstances of the people, in every generation, until the reign of the judges, they having been established by king Mosiah.

Alma 11:7
A senum of silver was equal to a senine of gold, and either for a measure of barley, and also for a measure of every kind of grain.

Alma 11:15
A shiblon is half of a senum; therefore, a shiblon for half a measure of barley.

Alma 31:19
Now it came to pass that after Alma and his brethren and his sons had heard these prayers, they were astonished beyond all measure.

Alma 49:22
Now when they found that they could not obtain power over the Nephites by the pass, they began to dig down their banks of earth that they might obtain a pass to their armies, that they might have an equal chance to fight; but behold, in these attempts they were swept off by the stones and arrows which were thrown at them; and instead of filling up their ditches by pulling down the banks of earth, they were filled up in a measure with their dead and wounded bodies.

Hel. 3:25
And so great was the prosperity of the church, and so many the blessings which were poured out upon the people, that even the high priests and the teachers were themselves astonished beyond measure.

3 Ne. 14:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.