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
NT 28 30 58
Matt. 8 3 11
Mark 6 2 8
Luke 2 3 5
John 2 0 2
Acts 3 1 4
Rom. 1 2 3
1 Cor. 2 9 11
Eph. 1 3 4
Philip. 1 1 2
Col. 0 2 2
1 Tim. 0 1 1
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Heb. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 0 1 1
Rev. 0 1 1
BM 46 22 68
DC 42 17 59
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 181 216 397

Matt. 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Matt. 13:14
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

Matt. 13:15
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Matt. 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Matt. 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Matt. 15:10
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

Matt. 15:16
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

Matt. 15:17
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Matt. 16:9
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Matt. 16:11
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Matt. 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Mark 4:12
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

Mark 7:14
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

Mark 7:18
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

Mark 8:17
And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

Mark 8:21
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

Mark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Mark 13:14
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

Mark 14:68
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

Luke 2:47
And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

Luke 8:10
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Luke 24:45
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

John 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

John 12:40
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

Acts 8:30
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

Acts 24:11
Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

Acts 28:26
Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

Acts 28:27
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Rom. 1:31
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Rom. 3:11
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Rom. 15:21
But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

1 Cor. 1:19
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

1 Cor. 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

1 Cor. 13:2
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

1 Cor. 14:2
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Cor. 14:14
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

1 Cor. 14:15
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

1 Cor. 14:16
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

1 Cor. 14:19
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

1 Cor. 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

Eph. 1:18
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Eph. 3:4
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

Eph. 4:18
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Eph. 5:17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Philip. 1:12
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

Philip. 4:7
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Col. 1:9
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Col. 2:2
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

1 Tim. 1:7
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

2 Tim. 2:7
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Heb. 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

2 Pet. 2:12
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

1 Jn. 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Rev. 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.