Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shut' occurs 124 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shut' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 44:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 22:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 46:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 88 12 100
NT 17 3 20
BM 13 0 13
2 Ne. 5 0 5
W of M 1 0 1
3 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 3 0 3
DC 2 0 2
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 124 15 139

2 Ne. 1:27
And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him, even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But behold, it was not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not shut it.

2 Ne. 4:32
May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite! O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I may walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in the plain road!

2 Ne. 9:9
And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.

2 Ne. 16:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes-- lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed.

W of M 1:15
And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs, and their mouths had been shut, and they punished according to their crimes;

3 Ne. 13:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

3 Ne. 20:45
So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him, for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

3 Ne. 21:8
And when that day shall come, it shall come to pass that kings shall shut their mouths; for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

Morm. 1:16
And I did endeavor to preach unto this people, but my mouth was shut, and I was forbidden that I should preach unto them; for behold they had wilfully rebelled against their God; and the beloved disciples were taken away out of the land, because of their iniquity.

Ether 2:17
And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.

Ether 4:9
And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake; and at my command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire.

Ether 9:7
And it came to pass that Akish began to be jealous of his son, therefore he shut him up in prison, and kept him upon little or no food until he had suffered death.