Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gave' occurs 608 times in the standard works.

177 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gave' in the standard works and contain 29.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 73 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 45:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 35:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:70-72 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 7:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 6:64-67 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 29:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 12:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 6:55-57 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 22:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 13:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 69:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 15:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 28:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 331 26 357
NT 134 19 153
BM 92 0 92
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Jacob 4 0 4
Omni 2 0 2
Mosiah 8 0 8
Alma 21 0 21
Hel. 9 0 9
3 Ne. 11 0 11
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 22 0 22
DC 34 2 36
PGP 17 1 18
TOTAL 608 48 656

Alma 4:16
And he selected a wise man who was among the elders of the church, and gave him power according to the voice of the people, that he might have power to enact laws according to the laws which had been given, and to put them in force according to the wickedness and the crimes of the people.

Alma 8:22
And it came to pass that Alma ate bread and was filled; and he blessed Amulek and his house, and he gave thanks unto God.

Alma 12:31
Wherefore, he gave commandments unto men, they having first transgressed the first commandments as to things which were temporal, and becoming as gods, knowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to act, or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures, whether to do evil or to do good--

Alma 12:32
Therefore God gave unto them commandments, after having made known unto them the plan of redemption, that they should not do evil, the penalty thereof being a second death, which was an everlasting death as to things pertaining unto righteousness; for on such the plan of redemption could have no power, for the works of justice could not be destroyed, according to the supreme goodness of God.

Alma 13:1
And again, my brethren, I would cite your minds forward to the time when the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children; and I would that ye should remember that the Lord God ordained priests, after his holy order, which was after the order of his Son, to teach these things unto the people.

Alma 21:23
And Ammon did preach unto the people of king Lamoni; and it came to pass that he did teach them all things concerning things pertaining to righteousness. And he did exhort them daily, with all diligence; and they gave heed unto his word, and they were zealous for keeping the commandments of God.

Alma 22:12
And it came to pass that when Aaron saw that the king would believe his words, he began from the creation of Adam, reading the scriptures unto the king-- how God created man after his own image, and that God gave him commandments, and that because of transgression, man had fallen.

Alma 25:6
For many of them, after having suffered much loss and so many afflictions, began to be stirred up in remembrance of the words which Aaron and his brethren had preached to them in their land; therefore they began to disbelieve the traditions of their fathers, and to believe in the Lord, and that he gave great power unto the Nephites; and thus there were many of them converted in the wilderness.

Alma 31:38
And the Lord provided for them that they should hunger not, neither should they thirst; yea, and he also gave them strength, that they should suffer no manner of afflictions, save it were swallowed up in the joy of Christ. Now this was according to the prayer of Alma; and this because he prayed in faith.

Alma 35:13
And the people of Ammon departed out of the land of Jershon, and came over into the land of Melek, and gave place in the land of Jershon for the armies of the Nephites, that they might contend with the armies of the Lamanites and the armies of the Zoramites; and thus commenced a war betwixt the Lamanites and the Nephites, in the eighteenth year of the reign of the judges; and an account shall be given of their wars hereafter.

Alma 35:16
Therefore, he caused that his sons should be gathered together, that he might give unto them every one his charge, separately, concerning the things pertaining unto righteousness. And we have an account of his commandments, which he gave unto them according to his own record.

Alma 40:11
Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection-- Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.

Alma 43:12
And the Nephites would not suffer that they should be destroyed; therefore they gave them lands for their inheritance.

Alma 45:1
Behold, now it came to pass that the people of Nephi were exceedingly rejoiced, because the Lord had again delivered them out of the hands of their enemies; therefore they gave thanks unto the Lord their God; yea, and they did fast much and pray much, and they did worship God with exceedingly great joy.

Alma 47:3
And now it came to pass that the king was wroth because of their disobedience; therefore he gave Amalickiah the command of that part of his army which was obedient unto his commands, and commanded him that he should go forth and compel them to arms.

Alma 49:30
Yea, and there was continual peace among them, and exceedingly great prosperity in the church because of their heed and diligence which they gave unto the word of God, which was declared unto them by Helaman, and Shiblon, and Corianton, and Ammon and his brethren, yea, and by all those who had been ordained by the holy order of God, being baptized unto repentance, and sent forth to preach among the people.

Alma 53:2
And Moroni went to the city of Mulek with Lehi, and took command of the city and gave it unto Lehi. Now behold, this Lehi was a man who had been with Moroni in the more part of all his battles; and he was a man like unto Moroni, and they rejoiced in each other's safety; yea, they were beloved by each other, and also beloved by all the people of Nephi.

Alma 56:17
And now they were determined to conquer in this place or die; therefore you may well suppose that this little force which I brought with me, yea, those sons of mine, gave them great hopes and much joy.

Alma 57:16
And now, in those critical circumstances, it became a very serious matter to determine concerning these prisoners of war; nevertheless, we did resolve to send them down to the land of Zarahemla; therefore we selected a part of our men, and gave them charge over our prisoners to go down to the land of Zarahemla.

Alma 57:24
And it came to pass that after the Lamanites had fled, I immediately gave orders that my men who had been wounded should be taken from among the dead, and caused that their wounds should be dressed.

Alma 62:3
And it came to pass that Moroni took a small number of men, according to the desire of Pahoran, and gave Lehi and Teancum command over the remainder of his army, and took his march towards the land of Gideon.