Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hands' occurs 820 times in the standard works.

166 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hands' in the standard works and contain 20.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 66 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:67-73 (8 in 7 verses)

3 Ne. 11:14-15 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:68-71 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 17:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 31:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

W of M 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 44:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 98:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 49:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 90:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:58 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:36 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 56:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 25:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 143:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:30-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:111-112 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

A of F 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 354 1 355
NT 107 0 107
BM 196 0 196
1 Ne. 23 0 23
2 Ne. 10 0 10
Jacob 2 0 2
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 3 0 3
W of M 5 0 5
Mosiah 34 0 34
Alma 80 0 80
Hel. 10 0 10
3 Ne. 14 0 14
Morm. 6 0 6
Ether 4 0 4
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 133 0 133
PGP 30 0 30
TOTAL 820 1 821

W of M 1:1
And now I, Mormon, being about to deliver up the record which I have been making into the hands of my son Moroni, behold I have witnessed almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.

W of M 1:2
And it is many hundred years after the coming of Christ that I deliver these records into the hands of my son; and it supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my people. But may God grant that he may survive them, that he may write somewhat concerning them, and somewhat concerning Christ, that perhaps some day it may profit them.

W of M 1:3
And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have written; for after I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki spake, I searched among the records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates, which contained this small account of the prophets, from Jacob down to the reign of this king Benjamin, and also many of the words of Nephi.

W of M 1:10
Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other plates, which contained records which had been handed down by the kings, from generation to generation until the days of king Benjamin.

W of M 1:11
And they were handed down from king Benjamin, from generation to generation until they have fallen into my hands. And I, Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved from this time henceforth. And I know that they will be preserved; for there are great things written upon them, out of which my people and their brethren shall be judged at the great and last day, according to the word of God which is written.