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
Gen. 19 0 19
Ex. 17 0 17
Lev. 13 0 13
Num. 6 0 6
Deut. 19 0 19
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 25 0 25
1 Sam. 9 0 9
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 14 0 14
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 12 0 12
Ezra 6 0 6
Neh. 7 0 7
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 20 0 20
Ps. 46 0 46
Prov. 15 0 15
Eccl. 6 0 6
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 26 0 26
Jer. 21 0 21
Lam. 9 0 9
Ezek. 18 1 19
Dan. 4 0 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 3 0 3
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 107 0 107
BM 196 0 196
DC 133 0 133
PGP 30 0 30
TOTAL 820 1 821

Ps. 7:3
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

Ps. 8:6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

Ps. 9:16
The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Ps. 18:20
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Ps. 18:24
Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

Ps. 18:34
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Ps. 22:16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Ps. 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Ps. 26:6
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

Ps. 26:10
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Ps. 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Ps. 28:4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

Ps. 28:5
Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

Ps. 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

Ps. 47:1
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Ps. 55:20
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

Ps. 58:2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Ps. 63:4
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

Ps. 68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

Ps. 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Ps. 76:5
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

Ps. 78:72
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

Ps. 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

Ps. 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Ps. 90:17
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Ps. 91:12
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Ps. 92:4
For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Ps. 95:5
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

Ps. 98:8
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

Ps. 102:25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Ps. 111:7
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.

Ps. 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Ps. 115:7
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Ps. 119:48
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

Ps. 119:73
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Ps. 125:3
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Ps. 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Ps. 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

Ps. 135:15
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Ps. 138:8
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Ps. 140:4
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Ps. 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Ps. 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

Ps. 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Ps. 144:1
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: